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April 6, 2010
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* RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* April 6, 2010
* NDST1004.06
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: April 6, 2010
Number: 701-527-0730
To Report: 701-527-0730
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson
Compiled: April 6, 2010
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto: tork02@juno.com
- Birds Mentioned
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
California Gull
Red-breasted Merganser
Ferruginous Hawk
Great Blue Heron
GLAUCOUS GULL
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Red-winged Blackbird
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Mallard
American Kestrel
Golden Eagle
Black-billed Magpie
Mountain Bluebird
Western Meadowlark
Loggerhead Shrike
TRUMPETER SWAN
RINGED TURTLE-DOVE
Eurasian Collared-Dove
American White Pelican
Tundra Swan
Gadwall
Bufflehead
Mourning Dove
Song Sparrow
White-winged Crossbill
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Blue-winged Teal
Peregrine Falcon
Wilson's Snipe
Sandhill Crane
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Fox Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Brown Creeper
Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Goldfinch
Hooded Merganser
Short-eared Owl
Eastern Bluebird
American Black Duck
Common Goldeneye
Green-winged Teal
Gray Partridge
Common Grackle
Upland Sandpiper
Wild Turkey
Tree Swallow
Purple Finch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Northern Pintail
Lesser Yellowlegs
Eastern Phoebe
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Killdeer
American Crow
Welcome to the North Dakota Rare Bird Alert compiled by the North Dakota Birding
Society.
This report was prepared on Tuesday, April 6. 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.
Some rare appearances top our report this week.
Two adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were among the hundreds of gulls and diving
ducks that Corey Ellingson and his mother found at Long Lake National Wildlife
Refuge on March
31. The mix included 20 FRANKLIN'S GULLS, 750 RING-BILLED GULLS, 55 HERRING
GULLS and eight CALIFORNIA GULLS. The waterfowl highlight was a RED-BREASTED
MERGANSER. Earlier in the day, they saw a pair of FERRUGINOUS HAWKS on a nest,
and a
GREAT BLUE HERON south of McKenzie Slough. On April 3, Corey was joined by Clark
Talkington
at the Bismarck landfill, where they found an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
and a
juvenile GLAUCOUS GULL among 3000 birds. For details, contact Corey at
crackerjackbirder@bis.midco.net
Clark Talkington had good luck at McKenzie Slough on March 30. He recorded
WOOD DUCK,
AMERICAN WIGEON, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP,
COMMON MERGANSER, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and RUDDY DUCK among the waterfowl.
Other birds included SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, BALD EAGLE, RED-TAILED HAWK,
FERRUGINOUS
HAWK, AMERICAN COOT, RING-BILLED GULL and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. Clark visited
the
Mandan refinery on April 4, where he observed four DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS and
a TURKEY
VULTURE. You can reach Clark at ctalkington@bis.midco.net
Driving north of Bismarck on March 30, Lillian Crook saw WOOD DUCK, MALLARD
pairs and an
AMERICAN KESTREL. At Teddy Roosevelt National Park on April 1, she added GOLDEN
EAGLE,
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, WESTERN MEADOWLARK and a
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. Contact her at lilliancrook@hotmail.com
One of the best recent sighting from Stutsman, Barnes and Cass counties was
probably the TRUMPETER
SWAN seen on April 5, just east of Jamestown. What might have been the same bird
was spotted nearby
on April 2. There are no historical records for the species in Stutsman County.
Other sightings from late
March and early April included a RINGED TURTLE-DOVE apparently paired with a
EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN flock, TUNDRA SWANS, GADWALL,
UFFLEHEAD, AMERICAN WIGEON, LESSER SCAUP, RUDDY DUCK, HERRING GULL,
MOURNING DOVE, SONG SPARROW, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, HORNED GREBE,
PIED-BILLED GREBE, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, REDHEAD, PEREGRINE FALCON, WILSON'S
SNIPE, AMERICAN COOT, SANDHILL CRANE, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, GOLDEN-
CROWNED KINGLET, FOX SPARROW and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. For details on those
sightings,
call Larry Igl at 253-5511.
Dan Buchanan discovered a lone BROWN CREEPER in his Jamestown backyard on April
3. He notes
that the RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH is still around, and the AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES
are
showing more yellow. On April 4, Dan found HOODED MERGANSERS, WOOD DUCKS and
RED-
WINGED BLACKBIRDS in the Jamestown city parks. He's at 252-6604.
Wayne and Wanda Easley joined Larry and Jan Jones for some Kidder County birding
on April 3. Southwest
of Steele, they saw a pair of FERRUGINOUS HAWKS checking out potential nest
sites, and north of Steele,
they saw between six and eight SHORT-EARED OWLS. Between Tuttle and Harvey, they
noted a major
movement of hawks, mostly RED-TAILED HAWKS. On April 4, Wayne estimated he saw
hundreds of
hawks in the area around Goose Lake and Harvey. He also recorded a huge flock of
SANDHILL CRANES.
You can reach Wayne at 324-2344.
Rita Staloch reported a large number of BALD EAGLES east of Minnewaukan on April
4. In town, she added
a pair of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, MOURNING DOVE, BUFFLEHEAD, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and
AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES. South of town, she saw a flock of WESTERN MEADOWLARKS. You
can
contact Rita at rita.staloch@yahoo.com
From Barnes County, Jean Legge recorded AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, COMMON GOLDENEYE,
BUFFLEHEAD, AMERICAN WIGEON, REDHEAD, GADWALL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, LESSER
SCAUP, RING-BILLED GULL, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, GRAY PARTRIDGE pair, many COMMON
GRACKLES and a seasonal-first SONG SPARROW on April 3. On the next day, Jean
added TUNDRA
SWAN, WILSON'S SNIPE, calling UPLAND SANDPIPER and WILD TURKEY, PIED-BILLED
GREBE,
RUDDY DUCK pair at Hobart Lake, HOODED MERGANSER, plus a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK in
her
yard near Valley City. For details, call Jean at 845-4762.
Sharon Watson found a very early TREE SWALLOW perched on a power line near
Buxton. As a matter of fact,
the April 5 sighting tied for the second-earliest state record. You can reach
Sharon at alanwat@infionline.net
Linda Gregg discovered a seasonal-first FOX SPARROW in her yard at Horace on
April 5. She's at lgregg@far.midco.net
Rick Holbrook had spring-first AMERICAN GOLDFINCH and FOX SPARROW at his Fargo
yard on April 4,
preceded by MOURNING DOVE on March 30. Contact Rick at fholbrook@cableone.net
From north Fargo, Dennis Wiesenborn saw a FOX SPARROW in Trefoil Park on March
30, plus four to six
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, and heard a PURPLE FINCH calling nearby. Dennis is at
d.wiesenborn@ndsu.edu
Keith Corliss had spring firsts of YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, AMERICAN COOT and
RUBY-
CROWNED KINGLET in the Fargo area on April 2. Contact him at koolhand@juno.com
Connie Norheim and Becky Oberlander drove past flooded fields south of Fargo on
March 31. They witnessed
hundreds of TUNDRA SWANS, SNOW GEESE and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE. Other
sightings
GADWALL and LESSER YELLOWLEGS. At the north Fargo lagoons, they added
CANVASBACK, LESSER
SCAUP and COMMON GOLDENEYE. You can reach Connie at 232-4386.
Ron Martin birded McHenry County on April 4. Seasonal firsts included RUDDY
DUCK, RED-NECKED GREBE,
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, GREAT BLUE HERON, EASTERN PHOEBE and CHESTNUT-COLLARED
LONGSPUR. Ron has details at jrmartin@srt.com
Charles Taft discovered a MOURNING DOVE in his Minot back yard on March 30.
Contact him at cjtaft@mac.com
From McKenzie County, Mo O'Mara's hike on April 4 turned up four DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANTS,
KILLDEER, MALLARD pair, CANADA GEESE, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, several flocks of
AMERICAN
CROWS and WESTERN MEADOWLARKS. She also heard MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS. You can reach
Mo
at mo1_omara@yahoo.com
That concludes this report from the North Dakota Birding Society. This report is
normally updated each Tuesday.
- end transcript