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* RBA
* North Dakota
* Statewide
* June 23, 2009
* NDST0906.23
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: June 23, 2009
Number: 701-527-0730
To Report: 701-527-0730
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken June 23, 2009
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto: tork02@juno.com
- Birds Mentioned
Pileated Woodpecker
Ruffed Grouse
Mourning Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Inidgo Bunting
Sprague's Pipit
WHITE-FACED IBIS
Horned Grebe
Common Goldeneye
Franklin's Gull
Eared Grebe
Forster's Tern
LeConte's Sparrow
Great Egret
SNOWY EGRET
Black-crowned Night Heron
Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Common Tern
Western Grebe
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
BLUE GROSBEAK
Ferruginous Hawk
Wild Turkey
Bobolink
Lazuli Bunting
Brown Thrasher
Piping Plover
Field Sparrow
Ovenbird
Spotted Towhee
Rock Wren
American Kestrel
Say's Phoebe
McCown's Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Bufflehead
Cinnamon Teal
Townsend's Solitaire
Black-billed Cuckoo
Cinnamon Teal X Blue-winted Teal
Common Yellowthroat
Sedge Wren
Red-necked Grebe
SABINE'S GULL
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Sanderling
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
American Black Duck
Broad-winged Hawk
Alder Flycatcher
Welcome to the North Dakota Rare Bird Alert compiled by the North
Dakota Birding Society. This report was prepared on Tuesday, June 23.
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 lot of birding and a lot of birds in one week.
Dave Lambeth scouted and guided for the ABA conference in North
Dakota from June 11-18, much of it in the Turtle Mountains.
At Lake Metigoshe State Park, he found a PILEATED WOODPECKER
nest with three large young. Dave believes it is only the
second nest on record for the Turtle Mountains. Another good
find in the park was a RUFFED GROUSE on a drumming log. Of the
10 warbler species he saw during the week, nine of them he
saw regularly. The list included MOURNING WARBLER, CHESTNUT-
SIDED WARBLER and BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER. Dave also found
CHIPPING SPARROWS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, SONG SPARROWS, LARK
SPARROWS and NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW. The week also
brought sightings of two NORTHERN CARDINALS singing in the
park, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and two INDIGO BUNTINGS. Dave's
drive home to Grand Forks from Minot on June 18 was also
productive. He recorded singing SPRAGUE'S PIPIT west of the
Denbigh Experimental Forest and also near Highway 2. North
of Berwick, Dave saw a WHITE-FACED IBIS, single HORNED GREBES
in two locations, three male COMMON GOLDENEYES with one female,
about 2500 FRANKLIN'S GULLS, 25 EARED GREBES, 20 FORSTER'S
TERNS, LECONTE'S SPARROW and Nelson's SHARP-TAILED SPARROW.
Along old 281 from Churchs Ferry to Highway 19, Dave added 27
GREAT EGRETS in the first two miles, SNOWY EGRET, five
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS, SNOW GOOSE, WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE,
two COMMON TERNS, and seven pair and 20 lone WESTERN GREBES.
In the Davis Flats area across from the Devils Lake lagoon,
he saw a large mixed colony of RING-BILLED GULLS and CALIFORNIA
GULLS with many young and about 50 pairs of EARED GREBES with
young. For details on any of those sightings, contact him at
davidlambeth58201@yahoo.com
One of the top finds of the week was the female RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD that came to Carl Stangeland's feeder in Jamestown
on June 18 and 19. He's at carlcs@daktel.com
Mark Gonzalez discovered a BLUE GROSBEAK during the Solen
Breeding Bird Survey on June 20. He believes it was a first-
summer male, and adds that it was the second time in three
years for the species on that BBS. Other sightings along
the route that runs through northern Sioux and southern Morton
counties included two FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, lots of waterfowl and
a high number of WILD TURKEYS. You can reach Mark at 255-0310.
Lillian Crook saw a lone BOBOLINK while canoeing the Little
Missouri River near Fairfield on June 20-21. She's at
lilliancrook@hotmail.com
Mo O'Mara's worksite in McKenzie County produced a male
BOBOLINK, male LAZULI BUNTING and BROWN THRASHER on June 22.
Contact her at mo1_omara@yahoo.com
Wayne Easley's party of four drove from Harvey to southwestern
North Dakota for some June 21-22 birding. On the way, they saw
a pair of FERRUGINOUS HAWKS with three young in a nest south
of Steele, and a lone PIPING PLOVER at Long Lake National
Wildlife Refuge. In the South Unit of Teddy Roosevelt National
Park, they saw FIELD SPARROW, and a pair of singing OVENBIRDS
on the auto tour route. The Burning Coal Vein Campground,
which is now closed, produced SPOTTED TOWHEE, LAZULI BUNTINGS,
ROCK WRENS and AMERICAN KESTREL. At Marmarth, they added a
pair of SAY'S PHOEBES and orioles. Nearby, several pairs of
MCCOWN'S LONGSPURS appeared to be feeding young and there
were also numerous CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS. On June 19,
Wayne reported a lone female BUFFLEHEAD with one young
northwest of Harvey. Larry Jones saw a male CINNAMON TEAL
north of Bowdon on June 18, plus a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE in
a small cemetery north of Bowdon on June 20. For details,
call Wayne at 324-2344.
Sherry Leslie found a CINNAMON TEAL near Max on June 18.
Back near Burlington, her yard attracted LAZULI BUNTING on
June 12 and two BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS on June 17. She also
saw an INDIGO BUNTING near Minot on June 18. Contact her
at 725-4389.
Tyler Bell and Jane Kostenko saw the CINNAMON TEAL near Max
on June 18. Earlier, Ron Martin and others had seen a hybrid
CINNAMON TEAL x BLUE-WINGED TEAL, but Tyler says it was
not the same bird. Jane also reported seeing WHITE-FACED
IBIS at J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, RUFFED
GROUSE in the Turtle Mountains and INDIGO BUNTING near
Minot. Contact Tyler at jtylerbell@yahoo.com
During the week of June 10, Jean Legge heard five calling
NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, saw several LECONTE'S
SPARROWS, abundant COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, two EARED GREBES,
and some SEDGE WRENS at a WPA north of the Rogers exit off
I-94. On June 11, Jean saw LECONTE'S SPARROWS near her
house at Valley City and saw a RED-NECKED GREBE at Hobart
Lake. You can reach her at 845-4762.
Mid-June sightings for Eve Freeberg included the SABINE'S
GULL we noted last week, plus RUDDY TURNSTONE on June 11
and a late SNOW GOOSE on June 12. She noted that SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and SANDERLINGS seemed
to be thinning out in Grand Forks County. Call Eve at
741-8105 for details.
Keith Corliss birded south of Fargo in the Forest River
area on June 23 and found two adult NORTHERN CARDINALS
feeding dependent young. At Orchard Glen, he heard a
singing YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, which was a new county bird
for him. On June 16, a visit to the Fargo lagoons turned
up the expected species plus a lone male AMERICAN
BLACK DUCK, his first of the season. Keith returned to
the lagoons with Dean Riemer on June 21, and they saw the
duck again. They added a pair of adult BROAD-WINGED HAWKS
northwest of West Fargo for what could be the first Cass
County nest, persistently-calling (and possibly nesting)
ALDER FLYCATCHERS for another county nesting first, and
a SAY'S PHOEBE pair nesting near Absaraka, You can reach
Keith at koolhand@juno.com
That concludes this report from the North Dakota Birding
Society. This report is normally updated each Tuesday.
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