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*July 31, 2008
*MNDL0807.31

• American Bittern
• Bonaparte's Gull
• Eastern Wood-Pewee
• Western Kingbird
• Warbling Vireo
• House Wren
• Northern Waterthrush

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: July 31, 2008
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@wiktel.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, July 31, 2008 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You may also hear this report by calling (218)847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

This has been another quiet week in the northwest, but small signs of southbound migration are being seen. There is some evidence of movements among some species, swallows are massing as they will leave soon. Flowers are blooming in the prairies making them very beautiful at this time of year.

On July 31, Nancy Jackson found several WESTERN KINGBIRDS in Hubbard County at the intersection of CSAH 13 and CR 109.

Here in the yard in Pennington County, WARBLING VIREO, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, and HOUSE WREN are among the few voices heard these mornings.

A visit to Agassiz NWR on Sunday revealed that conditions for shorebirds there are improving. Ten species of shorebirds were seen, all in relatively small numbers and at a long distance. Most easily seen birds were at Parker Pool along CR 7, but numbers there were low.

Doug Johnson in Beltrami County reported that on July 26, the first returning BONAPARTE'S GULLS arrived, and numbers of them are building. At Lake Bemidji State Park there was a EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, and an AMERICAN BITTERN was seen near Tenstrike.

Larry Wilebski observed a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in Kittson County near Lancaster on July 28.

Thanks to Doug Johnson, Larry Wilebski, and Nancy Jackson for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. Please include the county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, August 7, 2008.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

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