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February 23, 2010
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* RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* February 23, 2010
* NDST1002.23
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: February 23, 2010
Number: 701-527-0730
To Report: 701-527-0730
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson
Compiled: February 23, 2010
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto: tork02@juno.com
- Birds Mentioned
Snowy Owl
Common Grackle
Mourning Dove
Bohemian Waxwing
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Goldfinch
Common Redpoll
Downy Woodpecker
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Flicker
American Robin
Hairy Woodpecker
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Northern Shrike
Black-billed Magpie
Mallard
Canada Goose
Northern Goshawk
Horned Lark
American Crow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Ring-necked Pheasant
Welcome to the North Dakota Rare Bird Alert compiled by the North
Dakota Birding Society. This report was prepared on Tuesday, May 5.
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 great winter for snowy owls.
Longtime Grand Forks birder Dave Lambeth believes it's the best snowy owl
winter in some time for that part of the state. A Feb. 18 drive from the city
of
Grand Forks to the air base and back turned up five SNOWY OWLS, all
north of U.S. 2. Dave says one of the owls is seen regularly right along U.S.
2,
about two or three miles east of the Emerado/GFAFB interchange. He adds
that none of his recent sightings have been adult males. Dave also notes that
NDST
visiting his feeders, and he is down from four to one COMMON GRACKLE.
Also from that area: Charlie Christianson reports three or four overwintering
MOURNING DOVES, and Sandy Aubol of East Grand Forks has recently
seen a lone BOHEMIAN WAXWING, apparently the only one in that area.
The immature YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER first seen around the first
of the year is still coming to Russ Wilber's feeders. Russ also had one of the
birds in mid-winter a couple years ago. For more details on those sightings,
contact Dave at davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
Kay Buri saw a SNOWY OWL at dusk on Feb. 18. She describes the
location as one mile south of the town of Kief, near Highway 53. You can
reach Kay at kayaktheprairie@srt.com
Larry Igl passes along a report from Mark Sherfy, who discovered a SNOWY
OWL on Feb. 19. That owl was seen at milepost 81 of Interstate 29, which
should be near Argusville. You can contact Larry at 253-5511.
Bernice Houser didn't see the owl whose picture made the New Town paper,
and she says things have been a little dull lately. She does have daily visits
from
a small flock of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES and COMMON REDPOLLS,
and also sees a DOWNY WOODPECKER, some BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES
and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. Occasional visitors include a yellow-shafted
NORTHERN FLICKER, AMERICAN ROBIN and HAIRY WOODPECKER.
You can reach Bernice at sanishnd@rtc.coop
Rod Fossen had decent birding on a Feb, 21 drive from Bismarck to Minot along
Highways 1804 and 200. He recorded two GOLDEN EAGLES, nine BALD EAGLES,
NORTHERN SHRIKE, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, lots of AMERICAN ROBINS
in many locations, 40 MALLARDS at the Garrison Dam tailrace, about 100 CANADA
GEESE in a corn field a few miles from the dam, and a possible NORTHERN
GOSHAWK. Contact Rod at rfossen@min.midco.net
From Barnes County, Jean Legge saw two adult BALD EAGLES at open water on
the Sheyenne River, plus a HORNED LARK and AMERICAN CROW on Feb. 20.
Between Valley City and Marion, she observed many large flocks of HORNED LARKS
with some possible LAPLAND LONGSPURS. Jean notes that SNOW BUNTING
flocks are still present and a few AMERICAN CROW groups. She adds that groups
of up to 20 RING-NECKED PHEASANTS are appearing at road edges. For details,
call Jean at 845-4762,
And , Corey Ellingson has made some changes to the N.D. Birding Society web
site.
You can see them at www.ndbirdingsociety.com<http://www.ndbirdingsociety.com>
That concludes this report from the North Dakota Birding Society. This
report is normally updated each Tuesday.
- end transcript