North Dakota (Statewide) RBA
January 26, 2010
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* RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* January 26, 2010
* NDST1001.26
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: January 26, 2010
Number: 701-527-0730
To Report: 701-527-0730
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson
Compiled: January 26, 2010
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto: tork02@juno.com
- Birds Mentioned
GREAT BLUE HERON
Bald Eagle
Common Raven
Rough-legged Hawk
Snowy Owl
Short-eared Owl
American Crow
Great Horned Owl
White-winged Crossbill
Dark-eyed Junco
Welcome to the North Dakota Rare Bird Alert compiled by the North
Dakota Birding Society. This report was prepared on Tuesday, Jan. 26.
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.
It's a fairly common bird in North Dakota, but certainly not in January.
Wayne Easley tells Corey Ellingson about the GREAT BLUE HERON
seen below the Harvey dam, which is just outside the city of Harvey.
Wayne's Jan. 23 sighting of the heron was in some open water in a marshy area.
Wayne isn't available, but you might get more information from Corey at
crackerjackbirder@bis.midco.net
Ron Martin didn't find many birds in his annual January raptor survey in
McHenry County. Ron covered the 85 mile route from Velva to the J.Clark
Salyer National Wildlife Refuge headquarters on Jan. 17, and recorded four
BALD EAGLES, two COMMON RAVENS and a ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWK. He says both the eagle and raven numbers were below normal.
You can reach Ron at jrmartin@srt.com
Dave Lambeth didn't see many birds on his Jan. 20 trip from Grand Forks to
the air base and back. He observed four SNOWY OWLS, a SHORT-EARED
OWL and three AMERICAN CROWS. However, Dave reported a GREAT
HORNED OWL spent much of the day in his back yard. For details, contact
him at davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Bob Anderson visited the Embden spruce grove on Jan. 19 and was pleased
to find 17 very vocal WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS. You can reach Bob
at bob.anderson@vcsu.edu
Lillian Crook recorded a partial albino DARK-EYED JUNCO at her Bismarck
feeder on Jan. 19. She says the bird had an all white tail, top and bottom.
Contact
her at lilliancrook@hotmail.com
That concludes this report from the North Dakota Birding Society. This
report is normally updated each Tuesday.
- end transcript