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November 11, 2008
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* RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* November 11, 2008
* NDST0811.11
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: November 11, 20068
Number: 701-527-0730
To Report: 701-527-0730
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson
Compiled: November 11, 2008
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto: tork02@juno.com
- Birds Mentioned
MEW GULL
SUMMER TANAGER
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Common Goldeneye
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
Greater Yellowlegs
LONG-TAILED DUCK
American Pipit
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Snowy Owl
Common Loon
Bald Eagle
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Great Horned Owl
Northern Shrike
Northern Flicker
Tundra Swan
American Goldfinch
Brown Creeper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
THAYER'S GULL
Merlin
Cedar Waxwing
American Robin
Common Grackle
Redhead
Gadwall
Canvasback
Ruddy Duck
Canada Goose
Snow Goose
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
Bohemian Waxwing
House Finch
Purple Finch
Dark-eyed Junco
American Tree Sparrow
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pine Siskin
Welcome to the North Dakota Rare Bird Alert compiled by the North
Dakota Birding Society. This report was prepared on Tuesday, November 11.
Unless otherwise noted, any phone numbers mentioned are area code 701.
Transcriber's Note: Birds listed in ALL CAPS in the Birds Mentioned
section signify that the Revised Checklist of North Dakota Birds
lists them as Occasional, Accidental, Extirpated, or never having
occurred before for the season being reported.
A gull and a tanager share the limelight this week.
Not many details, but Ron Martin discovered an adult MEW GULL at the
Garrison Dam tailrace during the morning of Nov. 9. You can contact
him at jrmartin@srt.com
Dave Lambeth's Grand Forks yard was visited briefly on Nov. 5
by a SUMMER TANAGER. Dave says the bird was only there for about
three minutes, and hasn't been seen since. On the following day,
Dave birded the Devils Lake area. He saw large numbers of a
variety of waterfowl. Some of the highlights included tens-of-
thousands of LESSER SCAUP, 700 HOODED MERGANSERS and 50 COMMON
GOLDENEYE. Other sightings included three PIED-BILLED GREBES,
a RED-NECKED GREBE, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, NORTHERN HARRIER,
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and three GREATER YELLOWLEGS. For more
information, it's davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Eve Freeberg saw a LONG-TAILED DUCK in Grand Forks County
on Nov. 8, and then was surprised to see three more two days
later. She also discovered a late AMERICAN PIPIT on Nov. 8.
She counted 12 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES on Nov. 7. Eve recorded
four SNOWY OWLS on Nov. 5, but their number was down to
two or three on Nov. 11. You can reach Eve at 741-8105.
Dean Riemer birded Fargo-area lagoons on Nov. 8, finding a
SNOWY OWL at the Harwood lagoon and a COMMON LOON at the
West Fargo lagoon. Keith Corliss joined Dean the next day
and they toured some area lagoons and parks. They saw a
LONG-TAILED DUCK and a good variety of other waterfowl plus
a BALD EAGLE and a NORTHERN HARRIER at the Fargo lagoon.
At the West Fargo lagoons, they added COMMON GOLDENEYE and
HOODED MERGANSER. They saw a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at Hector
Airport, and Elmwood Park in West Fargo contributed GOLDEN-
CROWNED KINGLET and GREAT HORNED OWL. For details, Dean is
at driemer@kwh.com
A NORTHERN SHRIKE landed in Rick Gjervold's yard in north
Fargo on Nov. 10. Two days earlier, Rick saw another NORTHERN
SHRIKE in north Moorhead, a NORTHERN FLICKER in north Fargo
and two large flocks of TUNDRA SWANS. He notes that an AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH has been coming to his feeders daily. Rick is at
g4jervold@aol.com
From Jamestown, a BROWN CREEPER stopped at Dan Buchanan's
yard on Nov. 9 and 10. For details, call 252-6604.
Corey Ellingson birded the Bismarck landfill on Nov. 8, and
recorded 12 RING-BILLED GULLS, eight HERRING GULLS and a
first-winter THAYER'S GULL. East of Bismarck, he added a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and a MERLIN. At the Capitol complex in
Bismarck, Corey saw a flock of 250 CEDAR WAXWINGS and about
25 AMERICAN ROBINS. At home, he added three COMMON GRACKLES
and a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE. On the following day, Corey
teamed up with Clark Talkington to visit McDowell Dam near
Bismarck. They saw at least 100 REDHEADS, a GADWALL, female
CANVASBACK, 10 HOODED MERGANSERS and a RUDDY DUCK. Moving on
to Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, they saw a 30-yard
circle of open water that was being kept open by a few
thousand waterfowl--mostly CANADA GEESE and SNOW GEESE, plus
NORTHERN SHOVELERS and MALLARDS, with a few TUNDRA SWANS and
eight additional species of ducks. Contact Corey at
tcellingson@juno.com
Lillian Crook watched a BALD EAGLE over Teddy Roosevelt
National Park, heading for Medora on Nov. 9. She's at
lilliancrook@hotmail.com
From New Town, Bernice Houser had a flock of 25 BOHEMIAN
WAXWINGS in early November. She says the large flock also
included many CEDAR WAXWINGS. Her yard has been visited by
scores of HOUSE FINCHES, some AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES and several
PURPLE FINCHES. Bernice says the weather of Nov. 6 brought
DARK-EYED JUNCOS and AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS to her yard, and she
has also seen HAIRY WOODPECKER, DOWNY WOODPECKER, BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEES and WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, but very few
PINE SISKINS. Bernice saw a flock of more than 5,000 SNOW
GEESE that day, and reports it was the largest flock she had
seen that far west in North Dakota. She's at sanishnd@hotmail.com
And, a reminder that the Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival is
set for Feb. 13-15 at Meadowlands, MN. Check the web site at
http://moumn.org/sax-zim/
That concludes this report from the North Dakota Birding Society. This
report is normally updated each Tuesday.
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