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* RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* May 13, 2008
* NDST0805.06
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: May 13, 2008
Number: 701-527-0730
To Report: 701-527-0730
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson
Compiled: May 13, 2008
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto: tork02 AT juno.com
- Birds Mentioned
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Bank Swallow
Blue-headed Vireo
House Wren
Blackpoll Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Clay-colored Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Brown-headed Cowbird
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Ferruginous Hawk
Long-Billed Curlew
Piping Plover
MCCOWN'S LONGSPUR
Harris's Sparrow
Clark's Grebe
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Baird's Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Horned Grebe
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Willet
Wood Duck
Cinnamon Teal
Upland Sandpiper
Northern Pintail
Prairie Falcon
Cooper's Hawk
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Least Sandpiper
WESTERN SANDPIPER
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Brown Thrasher
Sora
Virginia Rail
Cliff Swallow
Swainson's Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Bittern
American Black Duck
Solitary Sandpiper
Red-breasted Merganser
Bobolink
Sanderling
Marsh Wren
Lark Sparrow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
BLACK-NECKED STILT
Gray Catbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Northern Cardinal
Least Flycatcher
Great Blue Heron
Tree Swallow
Great Horned Owl
CAPE MAY WARBLER
Black-and-White Warbler
Palm Warbler
American Redstart
Tennessee Warbler
Pileated Woodpecker
Common Yellowthroat
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Townsend's Solitaire
Black-throated Green Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Purple Finch
Eastern Towhee
WHITE-FACED IBIS
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Sedge Wren
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Western Kingbird
Forster's Tern
Black-crowned Night Heron
CASPIAN TERN
Purple Martin
Snow Goose
Spotted Sandpiper
Welcome to the North Dakota Rare Bird Alert compiled by the North Dakota
Birding Society. This report was prepared on Tuesday, May 13, 2008. All
phone numbers are area code 701 unless otherwise noted.
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 warbler has sole possession of the spotlight this week.
Dave and Ellin Lindee were surprised to discover a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in
their yard at Van Hook, which is located roughly between New Town and
Parshall. They first saw the bird, an "accidental" in North Dakota, on May
11, but it was still there late the following day. For details, it's
daveandellin@srt.com
Ron Martin counted 10 species of shorebirds near the Minot lagoons on May
6. They included 85 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 140 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. Other
sightings included RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and BANK SWALLOW. New to Oak Park
that day were BLUE-HEADED VIREO, HOUSE WREN, BLACKPOLL WARBLER and
WILSON'S WARBLER. Ron is at jrmartin@srt.com
Charles Taft's Minot yard was visited by ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS on May
13. Contact him at cjtaft@mac.com
Bernice Houser reports a good flock of CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS arrived with
some CHIPPING SPARROWS near New Town on May 9. Other visitors that day
included two AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES and two or three-dozen BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRDS. She is still hosting quite a few WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS and one
or two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS. Contact Bernice at sanishnd@hotmail.com
Magnus Elfwing and his family visited the Badlands on May 3-4, and Magnus
ended up with 147 species. Highlights included FERRUGINOUS HAWK and
LONG-BILLED CURLEW between Belfield and Amidon, PIPING PLOVER at Buffalo
Springs, a pair of LONG-BILLED CURLEWS north of Marmarth, six singing male
MCCOWN'S LONGSPURS at Rhame Prairie, HARRIS'S SPARROW at Bowman-Haley Dam,
plus CLARK'S GREBE and 16 shorebird species including BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER, 15 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, more than 500 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 60
WILSON'S PHALAROPES, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER,
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. For more information,
contact Magnus at magnus.elfwing@gmail.com
Lillian Crook birded Twin Buttes, Camel Hump Lake and the south unit of
Teddy Roosevelt National Park on May 3, finding LONG-BILLED CURLEW,
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, HORNED GREBES, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, FIELD SPARROW,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, SONG SPARROW and WILLETS. On May 5, she moved on to
the Little Missouri River from Logging Camp Ranch to near Bullion Butte,
where she recorded WOOD DUCKS, CINNAMON TEAL, UPLAND SANDPIPER, NORTHERN
PINTAIL, PRAIRIE FALCON, COOPER'S HAWKS and WILLETS. On May 6, she found
some new Badlands birds including YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER,
WILSON'S PHALAROPE, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER and WESTERN
SANDPIPER at Camel Hump Lake. Contact Lillian at lilliancrook@hotmail.com
Diane Bingeman reports the HARRIS'S SPARROWS and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS
have arrived in Beach. The WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS showed up on May 12.
She's at bingeman@midstate.net
From Pipestem Creek, near Carrington, Ann Hoffert reports a RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER in her yard for two days, along with ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS.
Call Ann at 652-2623.
From Grand Forks County, Eve Freeberg saw HARRIS'S SPARROW and BROWN
THRASHER on May 6, followed by SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL and CLIFF SWALLOW on
May 7. Eve posted some big numbers, on May 9, including 260
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, 85 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, 290 SWAINSON'S
THRUSHES, 30 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES, 31 HERMIT THRUSHES and 220
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. On May 10, Eve teamed up with Magnus Elfwing, and
added AMERICAN BITTERN, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, SOLITARY SANDPIPER and a
whopping 1,500 HORNED GREBES to top the 1,081 figure she had registered 10
days earlier. They also counted 10 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. On May 11, Eve
recorded BOBOLINK, SANDERLING, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, MARSH WREN and HOUSE
WREN. Call Eve at 741-8105.
Betsy Batstone-Cunningham was busy recording new yard birds in Grand
Forks. She had ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on May 7, LARK SPARROW on May 8 and
BLACKPOLL WARBLER on May 11. Close, but not in her yard that day were
BROWN THRASHERS, HARRIS'S SPARROW, SWAINSON'S THRUSH and RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLETS. On May 9, a pair of BLACK-NECKED STILTS visited a pond south of
Lincoln Park. Contact Betsy at 218-791-5079.
Seasonal firsts for Nancy Drew at Clifford included ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
on May 9 and GRAY CATBIRD on May 10. She also saw three more ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAKS on May 11. Contact her at ncdrew@polarcomm.com
From Buxton, Sharon Watson also had some firsts: male RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, male BALTIMORE ORIOLE and male ORCHARD ORIOLE on May 13.
She's at alanwat@infionline.net
At Horace, Linda Gregg reported an invasion of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS on
May 9, her first RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD and many more HARRIS'S
SPARROWS, plus her first two male BALTIMORE ORIOLES. Contact Linda at
lgregg@wah.midco.net
Connie Norheim has been birding Fargo area parks as well as her yard. On
May 6, she saw OSPREY, two BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, first-of-the-year
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, HARRIS'S SPARROW, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and a
calling NORTHERN CARDINAL at Trefoil Park, and a female ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK in her yard--the first since 1999. On the following day, she saw
a likely LEAST FLYCATCHER, GREAT BLUE HERON and TREE SWALLOW
at Lion's Conservancy Park, plus two SWAINSON'S THRUSHES and at least
eight warbler species at Trefoil Park plus at least two GREAT HORNED OWL
young. Connie was back at Trefoil Park on May 9, recording BOBOLINKS in
flight, CAPE MAY WARBLER, several BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, two PALM
WARBLERS, lots of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, HARRIS'S
SPARROW and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. Her yard attracted the first
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD of spring on May 10 and a male BALTIMORE ORIOLE
on May 11. Connie recorded her first double-digit warbler day of spring on
May 12. The list included AMERICAN REDSTART and both male and female
BLACKPOLL WARBLER at Trefoil Park and TENNESSEE WARBLER at Lindenwood
Park. An unidentified oriole stopped at Connie's feeders on May 13, with
two male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS nearby. Trefoil Park had a
PILEATED WOODPECKER and six warbler species that day, and she finished
with ten when she found WILSON'S WARBLER and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT at
Lindenwood Park, plus her spring first HOUSE WREN. Connie is at 232-4386.
Dean Riemer birded Trefoil Park on May 9, finding his first BLACKPOLL
WARBLER of the season, plus PALM WARBLER and six other warbler species.
He's at driemer@kwh.com
Armour Park in West Fargo didn't have much warbler variety on May 11, but
Keith Corliss says it held great numbers of thrushes, OVENBIRDS and
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES. His best bird, though, was a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE.
He's at kcorliss@forumcomm.com
Pat Beauzay racked up 85 species in Fargo and Moorhead city parks on May
10. Highlights included a VIRGINIA RAIL in Trefoil Park and 15 warbler
species including first-of-spring CAPE MAY WARBLER, as well as AMERICAN
REDSTART, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER and MAGNOLIA WARBLER. He and Dean
Riemer counted 38 PALM WARBLERS, female PURPLE FINCH, EASTERN TOWHEE and
OSPREY. Contact Pat at 231-7064.
Rick Holbrook noted an overnight influx of HARRIS'S SPARROWS on May 13,
with their numbers growing from three to 12 at his Fargo feeders. He also
recorded ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK that day. Rick is at
fholbrook@cableone.net
Mark Otnes birded Roberts County, SD and Sargent County, ND on May 9,
ending up with 124 species. Highlights on the North Dakota side included
seven LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and three STILT SANDPIPERS at Tewaukon
National Wildlife Refuge, while Borg Lake held two WHITE-FACED IBIS, three
SORAS, SANDERLING, three SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 13 WILSON'S PHALAROPES
and abundant SEDGE WRENS. At Milnor, Mark added
at least 100 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, two RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, six
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and three SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. Contact Mark at
241-4194.
Larry Igl has been busy keeping track of new arrivals in Stutsman and
surrounding counties. May 1 brought BANK SWALLOW, SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and HARRIS'S SPARROW. On May
2, it was OVENBIRD, followed on May 3 by VIRGINIA RAIL, WILSON'S
PHALAROPE, BROWN THRASHER and GRAY CATBIRD. Showing up on May 4 was UPLAND
SANDPIPER. May 5 arrivals included SORA, MARSH WREN and SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER. A LEAST FLYCATCHER appeared on May 6, followed on May 7 by SEDGE
WREN, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, HOUSE WREN, WESTERN KINGBIRD and
YELLOW WARBLER. And, a WESTERN SANDPIPER arrived on May 8. You can reach
Larry at 253-5511.
May 5 brought an UPLAND SANDPIPER to Jean's Legge's neighborhood north of
Valley City, followed on May 7 by a SWAINSON'S THRUSH at the city park in
Marion, and spring-first FORSTER'S TERNS to Hobart Lake near Valley City
on May 8. On May 9, Jean saw a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD at her feeder, as
well as AMERICAN BITTERN, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON at Hobart Lake and a
SORA. May 10 was a good day for yard birds. They included OVENBIRD, LEAST
FLYCATCHER, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, HOUSE WREN
and SWAINSON'S THRUSH. Other sightings that day included WILLET, WILSON'S
PHALAROPE, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, AMERICAN BITTERN, CASPIAN TERN and PURPLE
MARTINS between Valley City and Crystal Springs, plus about 10
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS, two white-phase and one blue-phase SNOW GEESE
and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER at Hobart Lake. Jean is at 845-4762.
Finally...a couple reminders: If you have a television that can pick up
KVLY out of Fargo, tune in on Thursday, May 15 for a birding "primer" with
reporter Mel Stone and area birder Bob O'Connor. And, the South Dakota
Grasslands Coalition is sponsoring two days of birding at a private ranch
near Bristol in Day County, SD on June 6-7. Try their web site for
details. It's http://www.sdgrass.org
That concludes this week’s report from the North Dakota Birding Society.
This report is normally updated each Tuesday.
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