The Fall 2001 Season in North Dakota
August 1 – November 30
Corey Ellingson , 1728 N. 22nd St., Bismarck,
ND 58503
Ron Martin, 16900 125th St. SE, Sawyer, ND
58781
Most
of the state received below average precipitation during the fall season,
and temperatures were above average. Many
rivers and lakes in the western half of the state were low by the end of the
period, and some smaller wetlands were dry for the first time in several years. Water levels in the east declined, but were
still well above the long term average. November
was particularily warm, with even small bodies of water open to the
25th of the month.
A few
highlights of the fall included the first fall report for Red-shouldered Hawk,
the fourth nesting record for Black-necked Stilt, the third Selasphorous hummingbird, and a possible
second state record Prairie Warbler.
Conventions and Abbreviations:
County
names are in italics. Species for which there are less than 20 state records
are bold-faced. Other unusual species, very early or very late dates, and
unusually high counts are underlined. BOP and EOP indicate the species was
present at the beginning of the period or still present at the end of the
period.
CSNWR -
J. Clark Salyer NWR
Gar.
Dam. - Garrison Dam
GF
Lagoons - Grand Forks Lagoons
KSNWR -
Kelly’s Slough NWR
L. Sak.
- Lake Sakakawea
LLNWR -
Long Lake NWR
MSL -
Minot Sewage Lagoons
NDSU -
North Dakota State University
NGP -
National Game Preserve
NWR -
National Wildlife Refuge
SP -
State Park
TRNP -
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
TRSP -
Turtle River State Park
USNWR -
Upper Souris NWR
Species summaries:
Common
Loon - June - 9/16 (1) Mirror Lake (DAG,CG).
8/11 (1) Richland (NDBS). Peak 10/5 (3) McLean (REM), 10/26 (3) GF Lagoons (EEF). 11/17 (1) Lake Tshida (JPL,CDE,HCT). 11/18-23 (1) Arrowwood NWR (MLV).
Pied-billed
Grebe - Peak 8/13 (66) Grand Forks and
Nelson (EEF). Last 11/29 (1) N. Fargo (RG).
Horned
Grebe - 9/18 (9) GF Lagoons (EEF). Last 11/14 (1) Williams, (1) Divide
(HCT).
Red-necked
Grebe - Peak 8/13 (5) Nelson (EEF).
9/1 (3) Cavalier, Pierce, Towner
(CDE,JPL). Last 10/18 (1) Renville
(HCT).
Eared Grebe - Peak 9/16 (800) Buffalo Lodge L. (REM). Last 11/15 (1) MSL (REM).
Western
Grebe - Peak 8/10 (1500) L. Bertha, Cass
(REM). 8/13 (125) Nelson (EEF). 10/3 (175) Long Lake NWR (CDE, Bob Holbrook). Last
EOP at Garrison Dam (CDE).
Clark’s
Grebe - 8/11 (1) Lake Bertha (CDE,HCT). 10/31 (1) Nelson (HCT). Peak 10/3 (3) Long Lake NWR (CDE,Bob Holbrook). 10/23
(1) Patterson Lake (JPL). Last 11/3 (1) Bowman-Haley Dam (JPL).
Am. White Pelican - Peak 8/18 (900) Audubon NWR (REM). 10/1 (206) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). Last 11/20 (1) Patterson Lake (HHH).
Double-creasted
Cormorant - Peak 9/24 (952) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). Last 11/19 (1) Grand Forks
(EEF).
Am.
Bittern - Peak 9/1 (1) Towner (HCT,SLT). 9/28 (5) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). Last
11/2 (1) MSL (REM).
Least
Bittern - 8/10 (2) Lake Bertha (REM)
Great
Blue Heron - Peak 8/17 (76) Grand Forks,
Walsh (EEF). 11/12 (1) Minneawauken (CDE,HCT).
11/13 (1) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). Last 11/24 (1) McLean (REM).
Great
Egret - 8/19 (1) Gascoyne Reservoir (DAG,CG). Peak 8/11 (110) Sargent (REM, DNS). Last 11/10 (1) Harwood Slough (RG,RS)
Snowy Egret - 8/9 (1) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). 8/10 (1) Lake Bertha (REM,CDE,HCT). Peak 9/18 (3) Long Lake NWR (GK). 9/28 (1) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). Last 10/3 (2) Long Lake NWR (CDE, Bob Holbrook).
Little
Blue Heron - 8/11 (1) imm. Tewaukan NWR (NDBS). 9/28 (1) imm.
Tewaukan NWR (Helen Carlson, Georgia Frazier).
Cattle
Egret - 8/1 (30) DeWald Slough (DLK).
Peak 8/15(150) Long Lake NWR (HCT,CDE).
9/1 (1) Towner (CDE,JPL). 9/29 (1) MSL (REM). 10/3 (25) Long Lake NWR (CDE, Bob
Holbrook). 10/5 (3) Long L. NWR (Mark
Otnes).
Green
Heron - 8/11 (3) Richland (NDBS).
8/26 (1) N. Fargo (DPW). 10/27 (1) N. Fargo (DPW).
Black-crowned
Night Heron - 9/1 and 16 (1) Gascoyne Res. (DAG,CG). Peak 8/11 (40) Sargent and Richland (NDBS). Last 10/3 (7) Long Lake NWR (CDE, Bob
Holbrook), and (3) MSL (REM).
White-faced
Ibis – 8/10 (2) Cass (REM). Reak 8/11 (400) Sargent (REM,DNS). 8/25
(14) Long Lake NWR, McKenzie Slough (HCT).
8/30 (9) CSNWR (RLH). 9/1 (7) L.
Juanita, Foster (BWT). 9/6 (51) Bottineau
(REM)[new county record]. 9/11 (1) MSL
(REM). 9/20 (15) n. Long Lake
(PV). Last 10/3 (6) Long Lake NWR (CDE,
Bob Holbrook).
Turkey
Vulture - 9/11 (1) CSNWR (GEE). 9/17 (1) Arrowwood NWR (MLV). Peak 9/27 (8) McKenzie (JAH). Last 9/29 (3) Arrowwood
NWR (MLV), and (1) Oak Park (CDE,BD,REM).
Gr.
White-fronted Goose - First 10/3 (3) n of Dawson (GK). 10/7 (20-30) Gascoyne
(DAG,CG). Peak 10/30 (200) MSL (REM).
Last 11/17 (2) Pretty Rock NWR (CDE,JPL,HCT).
Snow Goose - First 9/13 (1) blue phase at KSNWR (EEF), (3) CSNWR (DJD). Peak 10/30 (145K) at Long Lake NWR (GK). Last 11/30 (50) CSNWR (PRS).
Ross’s
Goose - 10/11 (1) GF Lagoons (EEF). 10/20 (1) Burke (JPL). 11/10 (6) Mercer (REM). Last 11/18 (5) Long Lake NWR (JWH).
Canada
Goose - Peak 11/18 (20,000) McLean
(REM). Still present EOP in McKenzie (JAH), and many other
locations.
Tundra
Swan - First 9/23 (4) GF Lagoons (EEF). 11/3 (3) Billings (JPL). Peak 11/20 (3000) CSNWR (GAE). Last EOP in Grand Forks (EEF).
Wood
Duck - 9/17 (21) Grand Forks (EEF). 10/12 (75) N. Fargo (RG). 11/26 (2) KSNWR (EEF). Last 11/30 (1) Minot
(REM).
Gadwall
- 8/3 brood of 6 KSNWR-e (EEF). 10/9 (1036) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). Peak 10/13
(1770) McLean, Sheridan (EEF). 11/18 (50) McLean (EEF). EOP at
Garrison Dam.
Am.
Wigeon - Peak 9/24 (1013) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). 11/3 (2) Barnes (DLK). 11/14 (30) Williams (HCT). EOP at Garrison Dam.
Am.
Black Duck – 8/15, 8/30, 9/9 (1) MSL (REM).
10/5 (1) 10 miles south of Butte (MM).
Mallard
- 8/3 brood of 3 in TRSP (EEF). Peak 10/15 (5129) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). Last EOP.
Blue-winged
Teal - 8/13 brood of 6 downy chicks in Nelson (EEF). Peak 8/15 (3000) MSL
(REM). Last 11/19 (1) MSL (REM).
Northern
Shoveler - Peak 9/11 (10,000) MSL (REM).
11/30 (4) Hettinger area (DAG,CG).
EOP at Garr. Dam.
Northern Pintail - Peak 10/15 (964) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). 11/13 (29) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). EOP at Garr. Dam.
Green-winged
Teal - Peak 10/24 (400) MSL (REM). 11/17 (10) McLean (EEF), (6) Fuller’s Lake (DLK). 11/29 (1) MSL (REM). EOP
at Garrison Dam.
Canvasback
- Peak 10/15 (526) Arrowwood NWR (PRS).
11/17 (3) Grant
(CDE,JPL,HCT). EOP at Garr. Dam.
Redhead
- Peak 9/29 (300) Nelson (EEF). 11/26
(2) GF Lagoons (EEF). EOP at Garr.
Dam.
Ring-necked
Duck - Peak 10/15 (125) MSL (REM). Last 11/23 (1) Fuller’s Lake (DLK).
Greater Scaup - First 9/23 (4) GF Lagoons (EEF). 9/26 (8) GF Lagoons (EEF). 11/6 (4) GF Lagoons (EEF). Last 11/11 (1) Fargo Lagoons (CDE,KRC,Geoff Hall).
Lesser Scaup - Peak 11/11 (14,000) Devil’s L. (REM,DNS). 11/29 (6) Mirror Lake (DAG,CG). EOP at Garr. Dam.
Harlequin Duck - 11/4-11/11 (1 juv) GF
Lagoons (EEF), photographed by (DOL), documented, and seen by others. 15th report for ND, the 4th
documented by photograph.
Surf
Scoter - 9/26 (3) imm. at GF Lagoons (EEF). 10/26 (1) GF Lagoons (REM).
Long-tailed
Duck - 10/22-10/24 (1) MSL (REM). 10/28 (1) Buffalo Lodge Lake (REM). 11/3 (1a)
GF Lagoons (EEF), 11/4 photographed by (DOL), 11/10 observed by (HCT,SLT).
Bufflehead
- 8/1 (5) DeWald Slough (DLK). 10/15 (78) GF Lagoons (EEF). Peak 11/11 (850) Benson, Pierce, Ramsey (REM). 11/14 (75) Divide
(HCT). 11/26 (1) KSNWR (EEF). EOP at Garrison Dam.
Com.
Goldeneye - First 10/10 (1) MSL (REM).
Peak 11/11 (100) Benson (REM).
Barrow’s Goldeneye -
11/26 (1) imm. carefully observed at Mirror Lake (DAG,CG). About the 13th report for
ND.
Hooded
Merganser - Peak 10/29 (90) se Foster
(PRS). 11/7 (80) Grand Forks, Nelson
(EEF). 11/17 (2)
Patterson Lake (JPL,CDE,HCT).
Last 11/27 (3) Mirror Lake (DAG,CG).
EOP at Garr. Dam.
Common
Merganser - First 11/4 (1) KSNWR (EEF). Peak 11/17 (30) Lake Tshida
(JPL,CDE,HCT). EOP.
Red-breasted
Merganser - First 10/29 (2) MSL (REM). 10/30 (1) Patterson Lake (JPL). 11/10
(1) KSNWR (JPL). Peak 11/15 (6) GF Lagoons (EEF).
Ruddy
Duck - 8/7 brood of 7 downy chicks KSNWR (EEF). Peak 10/1 (4000) GF Lagoons
(EEF). 11/26 (1) GF Lagoons (EEF), (1)
Dry Lake in Foster (PRS). Last 11/29 (1) MSL (REM).
Osprey
- First 8/9 (1) Benson (REM). 9/5 (1) Grand
Forks (EEF), (1) Stark (JWH). (4
observations for JWH, and 3 for JPL in Stark
from 9/5 to 10/16). Last 11/8 (1)
Arrowwood NWR (MLV).
Bald
Eagle - First 8/25 (1) adult over N. Fargo (DPW). 9/7 (1) CSNWR (GAE). 11/3 (7) Grand
Forks, Nelson (EEF). Peak 11/28 (8) c. ND (REM). Numbers are dramatically up in late summer, early fall and
migration is quite noticable through mid-December (DOL).
Northern
Harrier - Peak 10/15 (34) Grand Forks
(EEF). Present to EOP in Hettinger area (DAG,CG).
Sharp-shinned
Hawk - First 8/10 (1) GF Lagoons (EEF). Peak 9/21 (3) Ward (REM). 9/30 (2) Oak
Park (REM,BD,CDE). Last EOP.
Cooper’s
Hawk - 8/9 (3) young at Audubon Refuge Headquarters (CH). 9/4 (2) Grand
Forks (EEF). 9/18 (3) Sleepy Hollow (CDE).
Present to EOP in Grand Forks, Hettinger.
Northern
Goshawk - Scattered singles from Sept thru Nov in Adams (DAG,CG). 10/19 (1)
imm at Mandan Exp Station (CDE). 10/26 (1) Grand
Forks (REM). 11/4 (1) adult at
Denbigh (BD). 11/9 (1) chasing grouse in Barnes
(JL).
Red-shouldered Hawk -
11/19 (1) northeast Pierce (GAE).
About the 18th report, the first for the fall season.
Broad-winged
Hawk – 8/10 (1) Richland (REM). 8/26
(1) Minot (REM). 9/8 (1) Oak Park
(CDE,HCT). 9/9 (1) Hope (DLK). 9/15 (1) Emmons
(CDE,HCT). 9/22 (4) N. Fargo (DPW), (1) Fargo (GEN). Last 9/26 (1) n of Robinson exit on I-94 (GK).
Swainson’s
Hawk - Peak 9/28 (200) in a kettle quartering into a strong southeast wind in
early morning in McKenzie (JAH). 9/29
(1) Steele (DLK). Last 9/30 (1) in Hettinger area (DAG,CG).
Red-tailed
Hawk - Peak 10/10 (80), including 3 Harlans in Grand Forks (EEF). Last 11/29 in Grand Forks area. (EEF). Present at EOP from Missouri River west.
Ferruginous
Hawk - Peak 8/1 (2) Kidder (DLK). 8/10 (1) imm in Grand Forks (EEF). 8/12 (1) Kidder (REM). 9/13 (1) Sawyer (REM).
Last 11/11 (1) above Target store (Rich Crawford).
Rough-legged
Hawk - First 9/13 (1) e side of Lake Audubon (CH). Peak 11/29 (48) Grand
Forks (EEF). A good movement this
fall.
Golden
Eagle - 10/29 (2) Pierce (GAE). 11/10
(1) Stump Lake (DOL). 11/19 (2) n of GF Lagoons (EEF). 11/25 (4) Hettinger, Morton (REM). 11/28 (1) Valley City Hatchery (NRS). Otherwise scattered singles and pairs in
usual haunts.
American
Kestrel – Peak 8/10 (20) se ND (REM).
9/15 (8) Emmons
(CDE,HCT). 9/22 (3) Steele (DLK). 11/25 (1) Hettinger
(REM).
Merlin
- First 8/11 (1) Steele (DLK). Peak
9/24 (2) Grand Forks, and seen
frequently throughout period (EEF). Singles reported by many. Seen in 5 counties in period (HCT). Seen on
14 dates in fall (DPW). 27 sightings by
REM.
Gyrfalcon
- First 11/6 (1) gray, Adams
(DAG,CG). 11/17 (1) gray morph in Hettinger
(JPL,CDE,HCT). 11/30
(1) gray, Adams (DAG,CG).
Peregrine
Falcon - 8/1 (5) successful family in downtown Fargo (Wick Corwin). First 8/28
(1) Moffit Road (WW). 9/12 (1) Dunn (JWH). 9/21 (1) Arrowwood NWR (PRS).
9/28 (2) McLean (REM,DNS). 11/27
(1) Hettinger Sewage Ponds (DAG,CG). 4 observations at Long Lake NWR thru October.
Prairie
Falcon - 9/4 (1) KSNWR-n (EEF). 9/11
(1) MSL (REM). 9/12 (2) KSNWR (EEF,
Curt Tomkins). 9/30 (1) DeWald Slough (CDE, Bob Holbrook). 11/18 (1) Arrowwood
NWR (MLV). 11/25 (4) Grant, Hettinger (REM). Otherwise singles in the west half.
Gray
Partridge – 8/28 (17) Sawyer (REM). Four other sightings by REM. Six coveys reported from Arrowwood NWR
ranging from 3-22 birds (PRS). 11/4
(23) birds in Morton (CDE). Still
relatively small flocks otherwise, and rarely seen.
Ring-necked
Pheasant - 8/4 (1) Steele (DLK).
11/20 (200) Stark (HHH). Large numbers of birds in the southwest, but
a shortage of young birds (HCT).
Ruffed
Grouse - 11/21 (1) flushed in N. Fargo (DPW). Last reported from Fargo in 1981.
Sharp-tailed
Grouse - 10/15 (4) Grand Forks (EEF).
11/10 (90) Stark (JWH). 11/16 (101) McLean (EEF).
Greater Prairie Chicken - 9/25 (4) 2 miles nw of GF Lagoons (EEF).
Wild
Turkey - 8/2 (7) Arrowwood NWR (MLV). 9/2 (16) N. Fargo (DPW). 11/10 (41) Ramsey (EEF). 11/12 (3) Rock Lake
(HCT,CDE). 11/23 (60) Logan (REM).
Virginia
Rail - Peak 8/1 (3) Kidder (DLK).
8/10 (1) Cass (REM). 8/18 (1) juvenile KSNWR-n (EEF). 9/10 (1) GF
Lagoons (EEF). Last 9/15 (1) Fuller’s Lake (DLK).
Sora - 8/23 (1) juvenile KSNWR-n (EEF). Fairly common thru 9/7 (DAG,CG). Peak 9/9 (60) MSL (REM). Last 10/9 (1) MSL (REM).
Am. Coot - Peak 9/14 (5500) MSL (REM). 11/28 (3) Mirror Lake (DAG,CG). EOP at Nelson Lake (HCT,CDE).
Sandhill
Crane - First 8/27 (15) Pierce (GAE).
Peak 10/3 (1250) Long Lake NWR (CDE, Bob Holbrook). 11/18 (100’s) Arrowwood NWR
(PRS). Last 11/27 (3) 6 miles north of Tappen (GK).
Whooping
Crane - 10/3 (2) Lake Bertha (LL). 10/21 (4) near Ryder for a week or more
(REM). 10/27 (2) LLNWR (GK). 10/27 (6) near Coleharbor (Reuben Burneske). 10/30
(2) se of Ross (fide Jane Kostenko). 10/30 (4a,1i) in ne corner of Emmons (GK).
Black-bellied
Plover - 8/7 (3) MSL (REM). Peak 9/13
(27) KSNWR-n (EEF). 9/21 (2) Lake Ilo (JPL).
10/23 (6) KSNWR (EEF). Last 11/1 (2) MSL (REM).
Am.
Golden Plover - First 9/10 (23) GF Lagoons (EEF). 9/25 (32) Foster (PRS).
Peak 9/29 (41) MSL (REM). Last 10/29 (18) KSNWR (EEF).
Semipalmated
Plover - 8/1 (50) Burliegh (HCT,LF).
9/8 (33) KSNWR (EEF). 9/12 (9) Grand Forks, KSNWR (EEF). 9/22 (1) MSL (REM).
Piping
Plover - 8/18 (2) Mountrail (HCT).
Killdeer
- Peak 8/1 (80) Burleigh
(HCT,LF). Last 11/15 (1) GF Lagoons
(EEF).
Black-necked Stilt - 8/10 (2) adult and chick in Cass (REM doc.,CDE,HCT). Fourth nesting for ND. Pair originally found in summer season
by GEN.
Am.
Avocet – Peak 8/6 (237) KSNWR (EEF). Last 10/29 (5) Arrowwood NWR (PRS).
Greater
Yellowlegs - 8/25 (18) McKenzie Slough (HCT).
Peak 9/6 (20) Bottineau, McHenry
(REM). Last 11/16 (1) Gascoyne
(DAG,CG).
Lesser
Yellowlegs - 8/22 (100) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). Peak 8/26 (250) MSL (REM). 9/7 (235) KSNWR (EEF). Last 11/5 (7) Foster (PRS).
Solitary
Sandpiper - 8/4 (1) Adams
(DAG,CG). 8/11,13 (2) KSNWR (EEF), 9/6
(2) Grand Forks (EEF). Peak 9/3 (3) Sheridan (REM). Last 9/16 (1) Adams (DAG).
Willet - Peak 8/24 (16) MSL (REM). Last 9/4 (1) MSL (REM).
Spotted
Sandpiper - Peak 8/8 (60) MSL (REM).
Last 10/2 (1) MSL (REM).
Upland
Sandpiper - 8/1 (2) Kidder (DLK).
Peak 8/4 (6) Stark (HHH). Last 8/25
(1) McKenzie Slough (HCT).
Hudsonian
Godwit - 8/2 (1) MSL (REM). 8/10 (15) KSNWR (EEF). Peak 8/12 (20) McHenry (REM). 8/11 (4) Richland (NDBS). 8/23 (17) KSNWR
(EEF). 8/26 (3) MSL (REM). Last 9/13
(1) MSL (REM).
Marbled Godwit - 8/15 (10) GF Lagoons (EEF). Peak 8/18 (13) Audubon NWR (REM). 8/28 (7) McKenzie Slough (HCT). Last 9/14 (2) KSNWR (EEF).
Ruddy
Turnstone - 8/6 (1) GF Lagoons (EEF). 8/9 (1) Benson (REM). Peak 9/7 (3) KSNWR, GF Lagoons (EEF). 9/14 (1) Ward (HCT).
Last 9/25 (1) GF Lagoons (EEF).
Sanderling - 8/25 (19) Long Lake NWR (CDE,HCT). Peak 9/8 (164) GF Lagoons (EEF). Last 11/2 (7) MSL (REM).
Semipalmated Sandpiper – Peak 8/26 (500) MSL (REM). 9/5 (390) KSNWR (EEF). Last 9/28 (1) Fuller’s Lake (DLK), and (3) McLean (REM).
Western
Sandpiper - 8/2 (1) MSL (REM). 8/9 (1) MSL (REM).
Least
Sandpiper - 8/11 (15) Hettinger
(JPL). Peak 8/26 (300) MSL (REM). 8/28
(300) McKenzie Slough (HCT,MA). Last 10/1 (12) Arrowwood NWR (PRS), (1) October
sighting for (CDE), but no date.
White-rumped
Sandpiper - 8/8 (12) McKenzie Slough (MAG). 10/17 (2) MSL (REM).
10/22 (1) MSL (REM).
Baird’s
Sandpiper - Peak 8/26 (400) MSL (REM).
Last 10/24 (3) MSL (REM).
Pectoral Sandpiper – Peak 8/12 (175) Burleigh, Sheridan (REM). 8/14 (30) KSNWR (EEF), 8/25 (30) McKenzie Slough, Long Lake NWR (HCT). 8/31-9/4 (4) Hettinger (DAG,CG). Last 11/3 (1) GF Lagoons (EEF,DOL).
Dunlin
- First 9/2 (3) Towner, one still had
a black patch on the belly (CDE,JPL). 9/10 (1) KSNWR (EEF). 9/20 (1) MSL
(DNS). All reports.
Stilt
Sandpiper - 8/12 (300) Burleigh
(REM,DNS). 8/23 (250) KSNWR (EEF). Peak 8/26 (400) MSL (REM). Last 10/19 (2) MSL (REM).
Buff-breasted
Sandpiper - 8/8 (1) Burleigh (MAG).
8/15 (1) MSL (REM). 8/26 (1) MSL (REM). 8/27 (2) MSL (REM). 8/29 (1) MSL (REM). 9/13 (1), 9/14 (4), 9/19 (1) GF Lagoons
(EEF). Last 9/30 (1) McKenzie Slough (Bob Holbrook, CDE). All reports.
Short-billed
Dowitcher - Peak 8/1 (10) Burliegh
(HCT,LF), 8/18 (10) KSNWR (EEF). 8/28 (2) McKenzie Slough (HCT,MA). Last 9/5
(2) KSNWR (EEF). All reports.
Long-billed
Dowitcher - 8/1 (201) Burleigh
(HCT,LF). Peak 8/28 (5000) McKenzie Slough (HCT,MA). 10/1 (100) Arrowwood NWR
(PRS). 10/22 (40) Arrowwood NWR (PRS).
Last 10/23 (18) MSL (REM).
Common
Snipe - 8/1 (7) Kidder (DLK). 10/14
(1) Mirror Lake (DAG,CG). 11/3 (1) Barnes
(DLK). Last 11/24 (2) Garr. Dam boat ramp (REM).
Am.
Woodcock – 8/10 (1) Richland, (1) Ransom (REM). 10/20 (1) flushed at GF Cemetary (DOL).
Wilson’s
Phalarope - Peak 8/1 (2000+) LLNWR (GK).
9/14 (800) MSL (HCT). Last 10/22 (1) MSL (REM).
Red-necked
Phalarope - 8/14 (20) GF Lagoons (EEF). 8/16 (6) Stanley (HCT). Peak 9/11 (160) GF Lagoons (EEF). Last 10/29
(1) KSNWR (EEF).
Franklin’s
Gull - 8/6 (2500) GF Lagoons (EEF). Peak 8/12 (5000) Kidder (REM), and 9/18 (5000) MSL (REM). 8/28 (4000) McKenzie Slough (HCT,MA). Last 11/10 (1) Garr. Dam
(REM).
Bonaparte’s
Gull - First 8/10 (1) Lake Bertha (REM).
9/11 (1) GF Lagoons (EEF). 10/3
(85) GF Lagoons (EEF). 10/4-10/10 (6) Mirror Lake (DAG,CG). 10/31 (1) Dickinson
Lagoons (JPL). Peak 11/11 (500) Ramsey
(REM). 11/15 (1) GF Lagoons (EFF). Last 11/18 (10) Garr. Dam (REM).
Mew Gull - 11/18 (1) adult at Garrison
Dam (REM,DNS,doc.). The 8th
state report, the 6th at Garr. Dam.
Ring-billed
Gull - 8/17 (1000) GF Lagoons (EEF).
Peak 10/3 (2500) MSL (REM). EOP
at Garr. Dam.
California
Gull - 8/1 (8) Burleigh (HCT,LF). 8/9
(1) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). 8/13 (2) Nelson
(EEF). First for GF County - 9/4 (1) GF Lagoons (EEF). EOP at Garr. Dam.
Herring Gull – First 10/5 (12) Garr. Dam (REM). 10/31 (6) Garrison Dam (HCT), (1) Dickinson Lagoons (JPL). Peak 11/24 (250) Garr. Dam (REM). 11/27 (1) Mirror Lake (DAG,CG). EOP at Garr. Dam.
Thayer’s
Gull - 10/31 (2) Garrison Dam (HCT). 11/18 (4) Garr. Dam (REM,DNS).
Sabine’s Gull - 8/12 (1) adult found dead on Audubon Hwy 83 causeway (Sheridan Walter). The first Aug. record for ND. 9/9, 9/13, 9/18,9/26 (1) imm. at MSL (REM). 9/24 (1) GF Lagoons (EEF). 9/27 (1) GF Lagoons (EEF).
Caspian
Tern – 8/6 (1) Audubon NWR (REM). 8/18
(2) Mountrail (HCT).
Common
Tern – 8/12 (10) Kidder (REM). 8/18 (20) Audubon NWR (REM). Last 8/25 (2)
Long Lake NWR (HCT).
Forster’s
Tern - Peak 8/10 (15) Cass
(REM). Last 9/28 (2) McLean (REM).
Least
Tern - 8/18 (4) Mountrail (HCT).
Black
Tern - 8/1 (95) Kidder (DLK). 8/11 (6000)
Sargent (REM,DNS). Last 9/9 (2) MSL
(REM).
Rock
Dove - Present
Eurasian Collared -Dove -
8/23-8/30 (1) Hettinger (DAG,CG). 10/7
(2) Grand Forks (DOL,CL).
Mourning
Dove - 8/15 (145) Grand Forks (EEF).
9/10 (200) Wells (EEF). 11/30 stragglers still around in Adams (DAG,CG).
Black-billed
Cuckoo - 8/11 (1) Richland (NDBS).
Last 8/23 (1) Grand Forks (EEF).
Eastern Screech-Owl - A family resided in a ne Bismarck neighborhood much of the summer and fall. (fide CDE, HCT). 11/3 (1) 8 miles n of Tappen (GK).
Great
Horned Owl – 10/17 (1) Minot, appeared to be of the arctic race. Large, light, and very tame (REM). 11/4 (1) Larimore Cemetary (EEF). 11/12 (3) Wells (CDE,HCT).
Snowy
Owl - Major invasion the beginning of November! First 11/3 (5) GF Lagoons (EEF, DOL). Peak 11/8 (10) GF area
(EEF). 11/9 (1) Long Lake NWR (GK). 11/10 (6) Fargo Lagoons (CDE,KRC,Geoff
Hall). 11/12 (2) MSL (REM). 11/21 (7) Audubon tour route (PS). Observed in 7
counties in Nov. by JPL, including Dunn
on 11/21.
Burrowing
Owl - 8/16 (4) New John’s Lake (CH). 8/19 (3) Bowman (MLJ). 9/22 (5) incl 3 young s. of Eckelson in Barnes (PRS). All reports.
Short-eared
Owl - 10/31 (1) 7 miles n of Dawson (GK). 11/11 (2) GF Lagoons (JPL). 5
sightings of singles at Arrowwood NWR during period (PRS).
Northern Saw-whet Owl - 10/17 (1) Mandan Experiment Station (CDE). 10/20 (1 road kill) 3 miles south of Max (MD). Only reports.
Common Nighthawk - Peak late Aug. (100+) Fargo (DPW). 9/19 (50) N. Fargo (DPW). Last 9/30 (30) N. Fargo (DPW).
Whip-poor-will
- 8/10 (2) Ransom (REM,DNS).
Chimney
Swift - Peak 8/24 (120) Grand Forks (EEF). 8/29 (50) Minot (REM). Last 9/19 (4)
N. Fargo (DPW).
Selasphorous sp. - 9/3
(1) Dickinson Experiment Station (JPL). Later seen by (CDE,REM,DNS doc.,HCT).
Third state record.
Ruby-throated
Hummingbird - Peak 8/15 (8) Grand Forks
(EEF). 9/3 (2) Dickinson (JPL). Last 9/23 (1) Fargo (GEN).
Belted
Kingfisher - Peak 8/22 (3) Grand Forks
(EEF). 9/23 (2) Steele (DLK). Peak
9/28 (4) McLean (REM). Last 11/11 (1) Mirror Lake (DAG,CG).
Red-headed
Woodpecker – 8/10 (2) Ransom
(REM). 8/28 (1) Oliver (HCT,MA). 9/2 (1) N. Fargo (DPW). Last 9/16 (2) Grand Forks (EEF), (1) N. Fargo (DPW). All reports.
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 10/28 (1) Grand Forks (Rich Crawford).
Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker - 9/18 (4) Grand Forks
(EEF). 9/30 (2) Oak Park (CDE, Bob Holbrook). Last 10/10 (1) Grand Forks (EEF).
10/9 (1) found dead on University Dr., Fargo - fairly fresh looking (GEN).
Downy
Woodpecker - Present
Hairy
Woodpecker - Present
N. Yellow-shafted Flicker - Peak 9/17 (227) Grand Forks (EEF). 1-2 EOP in Grand Forks.
N. Red-shafted Flicker – 8/30 (1) Minot
(REM).
Pileated
Woodpecker - Single birds seen in early season along rivers (EEF). 8/24 (1)
Goose River Valley (DLK). 9/20 (1) Valley City Hatchery (NRS). 10/28 (1) Grand Forks (REM). 11/4 (2) Turtle Mtns in Bottineau (TAG).
11/9 (1) Valley City (Jean Legge).
Olive-sided
Flycatcher - 8/14 (1) Oak Park (REM). Peak 8/25 (3) Oak Park (REM). 8/30 (2)
Fargo (DLK). 9/16 (2) Fargo (DPW). Last
9/17 (3) Patterson Lake (JPL).
Wood-Pewee sp. - 9/17 (1) Patterson
Lake (JPL). Latest date for Western is 9/9.
Eastern
Wood-Pewee - 8/3 (1) fledged young in Grand Forks (EEF). Peak 8/2 (25) Grand Forks (EEF). 10/12 (1) N. Fargo
(RG). Last 10/14 (1) N. Fargo (DPW).
First Oct. reports.
Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher – 8/20,22,23 (1) Minot (REM).
Alder
Flycatcher – 8/9 (1) Minot (REM). 9/4
(1) Dickinson (JPL). 9/8 (1) Oak Park (HCT,CDE). 9/16 (1) Denbigh (REM).
Willow
Flycatcher - 8/4 (3) Steele
(DLK). Only report.
Least Flycatcher - Peak 8/25 (30) Minot and Denbigh (REM). Last 9/30 (1) Hope (DLK), and (1) Sawyer (REM).
Eastern
Phoebe - 8/18 (1) Williams (HCT).
Peak 9/7 (6) Grand Forks (EEF). Last
10/14 (1) N. Fargo (DPW).
Say’s
Phoebe - 8/3 fledglings out in McKenzie (JAH). 9/3 (1) Lonetree WMA (REM). 9/11
(1) Adams (HCT). 9/15 (1) Dunn (JPL). Last 9/26 (1) Adams (DAG,CG).
Gr.
Crested Flycatcher - Peak 8/3 (27) Grand
Forks (EEF). 9/15 (1) Beaver Bay, Emmons
(CDE,HCT). Last
9/17 (2) Grand Forks (EEF).
Western
Kingbird - Peak 8/1 (90) Burleigh, Kidder
(HCT,LF). 8/10 (61) Grand Forks
(EEF). 8/18 (2) fledged young in Grand
Forks (EEF). Last 10/1 (1) Kidder
(Bob Holbrook). Only the third Oct.
report for the state.
Eastern
Kingbird - Peak 8/10 (78) Grand Forks
(EEF). 8/18 (75) Burleigh (HCT). 8/21 (2) fledged young in Grand Forks (EEF). Last 9/20 (1) Traill (Sharon Watson).
Loggerhead
Shrike – 8/12 (3) Kidder, Emmons
(REM). Last 9/22 (1) Stark (JPL).
Northern
Shrike - First 10/6 (1) Grand Forks
(EEF). 10/13 (3) McLean (EEF). 11/16 (1) Adams
(DAG,CG). 11/22 (3) nc ND (REM).
Bell’s
Vireo - 8/4 (1) Stark (HHH). 8/12 (1)
Emmons (REM,DNS).
Yellow-throated
Vireo – Peak 8/31 (8) Minot (REM). Last
9/21 (1) Minot (REM).
Blue-headed
Vireo - First 8/18 (1) Oak Park (REM). Peak 9/7 (9) Minot (REM). 9/8 (4) Sleepy Hollow (CDE,HCT). 9/15 (1)
Dickinson, (1) Lake Ilo NWR (JPL). 9/23
(2) Sleepy Hollow (CDE). Last 9/27 (1) Minot (REM). I found this species much more often that usual in the Bismarck
area (CDE).
Warbling
Warbler – Peak 8/25 (23) Minot, Denbigh (REM). 9/8 (10) Oak Park (HCT,CDE).
Last 9/23 (1) Grand Forks (EEF).
Philadelphia
Vireo - First 8/25 (1) Sleepy Hollow (CDE), (1) Oak Park (REM). 9/7 (5)
Minot (REM). 9/8 (1) Oak Park (HCT,CDE).
Last 9/12 (1) Minot (REM).
Red-eyed
Vireo - 8/3 (5) Grand Forks (EEF). Peak 8/25 (46) Oak Park, Denbigh (REM). Last
10/7 (1) McKenzie (CDE,JPL).
Blue
Jay - Peak (37) Grand Forks (EEF).
About (4) stayed in Hettinger thru November (DAG,CG).
Black-billed
Magpie –8/1 (50) MSL (REM). 8/23 (40)
Arrowwood NWR (PRS). 11/3 (1) Barnes
(DLK). Not as common as they used to be out west (JAH).
Am.
Crow – Peak 9/29 (1300) Ward
(REM).
Com.
Raven – 10/15 (1) Plaza (K. Hudson).
Horned
Lark - Present in large numbers in Stark until November (HHH), otherwise reported as
present but few in numbers.
Purple
Martin - Peak 9/6 (1000) N. Fargo (DPW). Last 9/7 (4) Fargo (DPW).
Tree
Swallow - Peak 8/23 (3450) Grand Forks
(EEF). Last 9/25 (50) GF Lagoons (EEF).
N.
Rough-winged Swallow - Last 9/4 (1) GF Lagoons (EEF).
Bank
Swallow - Peak 8/12 (1500) Horsehead Lake (REM,DNS). Last 9/28 (2) McLean (REM,DNS).
Cliff
Swallow - Peak 8/1 (300) Emmons
(HCT,LF). Last 9/15 (4) GF Lagoons (EEF).
Barn
Swallow - Peak 9/28 (2000) McLean (REM,DNS).
Last 10/5 Long L. NWR (Mark Otnes).
Black-capped
Chickadee – 8/25 (56) Denbigh Exp. Forest (REM). 11/4 (33) Grand Forks
(EEF).
Red-breasted
Nuthatch - First 8/19 (1) Oak Grove (GEN). 8/25 (11) Oak Park, Denbigh (REM).
9/8 (3) Oak Park (HCT,CDE). 9/12 (3)
Grand Forks (EEF). Peak 9/16 (17) Denbigh (REM). 11/2 (10) Minot Country Club (REM).
White-breasted
Nuthatch – 8/19 (8) Minot (REM).
Brown
Creeper - First 9/21 (1) Fargo (DLK). Singles reported by all through the
season.
Rock
Wren - Peak 9/8 (4) Killdeer Mtns (JPL). Last 9/27 (1) McKenzie (JAH).
House
Wren - 9/12 (3) Grand Forks (EEF). Last 10/13 (3) Fargo (DPW).
Winter
Wren - First 9/30 (1) Hope (DLK). 10/2 (1) N. Fargo (DPW). Last 10/8 (1) yard near Sawyer
(REM).
Sedge
Wren - Peak 8/11 (30) Grand Forks
(EEF). 10/6 (1) Steele (DLK). Last 10/13 (1) N. Fargo (DPW).
Marsh
Wren - Peak 9/2 (5) Steele (DLK).
10/10 (1) Gascoyne Res. (DAG,CG). 10/12 (1) near NDSU (CMN). Last 10/14 (1) N.
Fargo (DPW).
Golden-crowned
Kinglet - First 9/23 (1) Hettinger (DAG,CG), (1) N. Fargo (DPW). Peak 10/3 (4) Grand Forks (EEF), 10/27 (4) Trollwood
Park (DPW). Last 11/21 (2) Lake Ilo (JPL).
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet - 9/2 (1) Oak Park (REM). Peak 9/7 (15) Oak Park (REM). Last 11/16 (1) McKenzie (JAH).
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 9/3
(1) Dickinson Exp. Station (JPL), later seen by (CDE,REM,DNS,HCT). Casual in
the west.
Eastern
Bluebird - Peak 10/6 (12) Grand Forks
(EEF), 10/9 (12) Ward (Sherrie
Leslie). Last 10/21 (1) Ward (Sherrie
Leslie).
Mountain
Bluebird - 8/18 (2) Mountrail (HCT).
Peak 10/9 (8) Ward (Sheri Leslie).
Last 10/12 in Adams (DAG,CG).
Townsend’s
Solitaire - First 9/22 (1) Dickinson (JPL). 10/10-11/15 in Hettinger (DAG,CG).
10/20 at Lake Ilo (JPL). EOP as many as (6) at Mandan Exp. Station (CDE,HCT).
Veery -
9/11 (1) Dickinson (HHH). 10/3 (1) Grand Forks (EEF). All reports.
Gray-cheecked
Thrush - 9/23 (1) N. Fargo (DPW). 9/28 (1) N. Fargo (DPW). All reports.
Swainson’s
Thrush - First 8/5 (1) window kill at Burlington (Sherrie Leslie). Peak 9/7 (4)
GF Cemetary (EEF), 9/27 (4) Grand Forks
(EEF). Last 9/24 (1) Grand Forks (EEF).
Hermit Thrush - First 9/21 (1) Oak Park (REM). Peak 10/5 (9) Grand Forks (EEF). 10/7 (3) NewTown (CDE,JPL). 10/8 (1) Dickinson (JPL). Last 10/28 (1) Fargo (RG).
Wood
Thrush - 11/15 (1) window kill in Grand Forks (Richard Crawford). Ties
latest date for this species.
American
Robin - 10/6 (104) Grand Forks (EEF).
Peak 10/28 (100’s) in Oak Grove Park, Fargo (GEN).
Varied
Thrush - 11/10 (1) McVille (DOL).
Gray
Catbird - Peak 9/17 (10) Grand Forks
(EEF). 10/21 (1) Minot (Charles Taft). 10/23 (1) NDSU campus (DPW). Last 11/24
(1) Mandan Exp Station (CDE).
Brown
Thrasher - Peak 9/15 (8) Beaver Bay, Emmons
(CDE,HCT). Last 9/29 (2) Minot (REM).
European
Starling - Peak 10/1 (1000) Grand Forks
(EEF).
Sprague’s Pipit - 8/30 (1) photographed on Oakville Prairie, Grand Forks (DOL).
Am.
Pipit - First 9/2 (1) MSL (REM). Peaks 10/9 (40) MSL (REM), and 10/14 (50) Emmons (REM). 11/1 (1) Hettinger (DAG,CG). Last 11/6 (2) GF Lagoons (EEF).
Bohemian
Waxwing - First 10/20 (5) Stark
(HHH). 11/2 (5) Hettinger (DAG,CG). 11/3 (15) Deering (REM). 11/4 Denbigh (BD).
11/11 (1) Grand Forks (Richard Crawford). 11/12 (1) Cando (CDE,HCT). All reports.
Cedar
Waxwing - 11/15 (100) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). Peak 11/24 (230) Garr. Dam area
(REM).
Blue-winged Warbler – 8/25
(1) Ft. Ransom (Charlie Clark, doc.)
Tennessee Warbler - First 8/16 (3) Minot (REM). Peak 9/8 (10) Oak Park (CDE,HCT), and 9/11 (10) Minot (REM). Last 10/10 (1) Grand Forks (EEF).
Orange-crowned
Warbler – 8/25 (1) Denbigh (REM) [Possibly still present from summer]. 9/8 (1) CSNWR (GAE), (2) N. Fargo (DPW).
9/18 (55) with (43) in a single flock
at Sleepy Hollow, Bismarck (CDE). Peak 9/27 (100) Minot (REM). Last 10/20 (1)
Fargo (DPW).
Nashville
Warbler - First 8/25 (1) Fargo (DPW), (1) Sleepy Hollow (CDE). Peak 9/27 (7)
Minot (REM). 9/16 (1) Schnell Ranch
(JPL). Last 10/17 (1) Oak Park (REM).
Northern
Parula - 9/1 (1) Trollwood Park (DPW). 9/5 (1) and last 9/26 (1) Oak Park
(REM).
Yellow
Warbler - Peak 8/19 (30) Minot (REM).
Last 10/1 (1) Minot (REM).
Chestnut-sided
Warbler - First 8/25 (1) Hope (DLK), (1) Fargo (DPW). Peak 9/7 (3) Minot (REM).
Last 9/23 (1) Dickinson (JPL).
Magnolia
Warbler - First 8/18 (1) N. Fargo (DPW). Peak 9/7 (4) Minot (REM). Last 9/25 (1) Minot (REM).
Cape
May Warbler - First 8/18 (1) Stump Lake (DOL). 9/5 (1) Oak Park (REM). 9/8 (1) Oak Park (CDE,HCT), (1) Sleepy
Hollow (CDE,HCT). Last 9/11 (1) Oak
Park (REM). All reports.
Black-throated
Blue Warbler - First 9/12 (1) male N. Fargo (DPW). 9/23 (1) male in
NewTown (Rita Satermo), (1) male in Oak Park (BD). 9/28 (1 fem) Oak Park (BD),
9/29 (1 fem) Oak Park (REM,BD,CDE),
probably
the same bird. 9/30 (1 male) Oak Park (CDE, Bob Holbrook). 10/10 (1) Mandan,
(1) Sleepy Hollow (HCT). 10/17 and 10/20 (1 fem) at Mandan Exp Station
(CDE). A notable fall showing for this
species in ND. Eight reports!
Yellow-rumped
Warbler – 8/31 (1) Minot (REM). Peak
9/29 (165 ) Ward (REM). Last 10/27
(1) Trollwood Park (DPW).
Black-throated Green Warbler - First 9/3 (1) N. Fargo (DPW), (1) Lonetree WMA (REM). 9/8 (1) Oak Park (CDE).9/12 (1) Minot (REM). 9/13 (1) N. Fargo (DPW). 9/21 (1) Oak Park (REM). 9/22 (1) Dickinson (JPL). Last 10/23 (1) NDSU campus in cedars (DPW).
Blackburnian
Warbler - First 8/19 (1) Oak Park (REM). 8/25 (1) Sleepy Hollow (CDE). 8/25 (1)
N. Fargo (DPW). Last 9/27 (1) Minot (REM). All reports.
Prairie Warbler - 9/26 (1) imm. at Oak
Park (REM, doc.). Potential 2nd
state record.
Palm
Warbler - First 9/3 (1) Lonetree WMA (REM), 9/3 and 9/7 (1) Hettinger (DAG,CG).
Peak 9/27 (4) Minoot (REM), 10/10 (4) Grand Forks (EEF). 10/11 (1) Grand Forks (EEF). Last 10/13 (1) N. Fargo (DPW).
Bay-breasted
Warbler - First 8/16 (1) Oak Park (REM). 8/25 (1) Sleepy Hollow (CDE). 9/7 (1)
Grand Forks (EEF). 9/8 (2) Oak Park (CDE,HCT).
9/17 (1) Grand Forks (EEF). Last
9/23 (1) Minot (BD).
Blackpoll
Warbler - First 8/25 (2) Sleepy Hollow (CDE). Peak 9/2 (6) Walhalla (CDE,JPL).
Last 9/27 (1) Minot (REM).
Black-and-White
Warbler - First 8/19 (1) Oak Grove (GEN). Peak 8/25 (10) Sleepy Hollow (CDE).
Last 9/29 (1) Oak Park (BD,CDE,REM).
American
Redstart - First 8/15 (1) Minot (REM). Peak 8/31 (6) Oak Park (REM), 9/8 (6)
Sleepy Hollow (CDE,HCT). Last 9/24 (1) Minot (REM).
Ovenbird
- First 8/13 (1) Oak Park (REM). 8/31 (1) Hope (DLK). Peak 8/30 (12) Minot (REM). Last 10/19 (1) N. Fargo (DPW).
N.
Waterthrush - First 8/13 (1) Oak Park (REM). 9/4 (1) Hettinger (DAG,CG). Peak
8/26 (3) Minot (REM). Last 9/27 (1)
Minot (REM).
Mourning
Warbler - First 8/19 (1) Oak Park (REM). PEAK 8/28 (5) Ward (REM). 9/7 (2) N. Fargo (DPW). Last 9/16 (1) N. Fargo (DPW).
Common
Yellowthroat - Peak 8/3 (30) Grand Forks
(EEF). Last 9/30 (2) N. Fargo (DPW).
Wilson’s
Warbler - First 8/14 (1) Oak Park (REM). 8/19 (9) Oak Park (REM). Peak 8/25
(15) Sleepy Hollow (CDE). Last 9/29 (1)
Minot (REM).
Canada
Warbler - First 8/15 (1) Oak Park (REM). 8/19 (1) Hope (DLK). Peak 8/25 (4) Oak
Park, Denbigh (REM), (1) Hope (DLK). Last 9/7 (1) Minot (REM). All reports.
Yellow-breasted
Chat – 8/27 (1) Minot (REM). 9/26 (1) Bowman
(MLJ). Only reports.
Scarlet
Tanager - 9/2 (2) Walhalla city park (CDE,JPL). Only report.
Spotted
Towhee – Peak 8/15 (10) Sawyer (REM). 10/8 (5) Dickinson (JPL). Last 10/9 (1)
Dickinson (JPL), (1) Hettinger (DAG,CG).
Eastern
Towhee - 9/2 (2) Cavalier (CDE,JPL).
9/28-9/29 (1) Sawyer (REM). 9/21-30 (1) adult male, seen on 7 dates in N. Fargo
(DPW). First week of Oct., (1) SNG (Brian Stotts). All reports.
Am.
Tree Sparrow - First 10/8 (1) Minot (REM).
Peak 10/31 (40) Oliver (HCT).
Chipping
Sparrow - Peak 9/7 (60) Grand Forks
(EEF). Last 10/23 (1) Fargo (DLK).
Clay-colored
Sparrow - Peak 9/3 (50) Sheridan
(REM). Last 11/17 (1) Hettinger Cemetary (JPL,CDE,HCT). The latest report on
record, and the 2nd Nov. report.
Field
Sparrow - Peak 8/2 (3) Grand Forks/Walsh
county line, (2) still singing (EEF),
and 9/15 (3) Emmons (CDE,HCT).
Last 10/6 (2) Ransom (Mark Otnes).
Vesper
Sparrow - Peak 9/28 (20) McLean
(REM). Last 10/15 (10) Arrowwood NWR (PRS).
Lark
Sparrow - 8/1 (4) Burleigh (HCT,LF).
8/28 (1) Oliver (HCT,MA). Last 9/23
(2) Dickinson (HHH).
Lark
Bunting - 8/18 (50) Bowman (MLJ).
Savannah
Sparrow - Peak 9/28 (75) McLean
(REM). Last 10/27 (1) GF Lagoons (EEF).
Baird’s
Sparrow - 8/1 (2) Kidder
(HCT,LF). 9/29 (1) MSL (BD).
Late, and seldom reported after Aug.
Only reports.
Grasshopper
Sparrow - 8/1 (3) Kidder (DLK). Only
report.
Henslow’s Sparrow – 8/12
(2) Kidder (REM,DNS). Found previously by Larry Igl.
LeConte’s
Sparrow - Peak 8/12 (12) Kidder
(REM). 9/3 (1) Lonetree WMA (REM). 10/9
(3) Arrowwood NWR (PRS), and (1) MSL (REM).
Last 10/20 (1) N. Fargo (DPW). Ties latest date.
Nelson’s
Sharp-tailed Sparrow - 8/1 (5) Kidder
(DLK). 9/3 (1) Lonetree WMA (REM,DNS).
Only reports.
Fox
Sparrow - First 9/23 (1) N. Fargo (DPW), and (1) Minot (REM). 10/6 (1) Ransom (M. Otnes). 10/9 (1) CSNWR (GAE).
Peak 10/13,10/20 (8) N. Fargo (DPW). 10/16 (1) at feeder in my yard, Bismarck
(CDE). Last EOP at feeder, Fargo (KRC).
Song
Sparrow - Peak 8/3 (125) Grand Forks
(EEF). Last 11/11 (2) Devils Lake (JPL).
Lincoln’s
Sparrow - First 9/2 (2) N. Fargo (DPW), (1) Pembina
(CDE,JPL), (1) Minot (REM). Peak 9/26
(12) Grand Forks (EEF). Last 10/13 (1) Steele
(DLK).
Swamp
Sparrow - First 9/9 (1) Steele (DLK).
Peak 10/13 (15) N. Fargo (DPW). Last 10/28 (2) Oak Grove (GEN), (4) N. Fargo
(DPW).
White-throated
Sparrow - First 8/30 (1) Minot (REM). Peak 10/3 (156) Grand Forks (EEF). Last EOP.
Harris’s
Sparrow - First 9/17 (2) Grand Forks
(EEF). Peak 10/6 (32) Grand Forks
(EEF). Last EOP in
Dickinson (HHH).
White-crowned
Sparrow - First 9/18 (1) Hettinger (DAG,CG), (1) Sleepy Hollow (CDE). Peak 10/6
(10) Grand Forks (EEF). Last 10/28
(1) Hope (DLK).
Dark-eyed
Junco - First 9/10 (1) Minot (REM). Peak 10/10 (573) Grand Forks (EEF).
Lapland
Longspur - 9/29 (5) Nelson (EEF), (1)
Steele (DLK). Peak 10/24 (5000) n of
Steele, Kidder (GK).
Smith’s
Longspur - 9/30 (11) Black Butte near Sawyer (REM). Only report.
Chestnut-collared
Longspur - 8/1 (4) with 1 male carrying food in Kidder (DLK). Last 9/30 (4) Sawyer (REM).
Snow
Bunting - First 10/16 (5) GF Lagoons (EEF). 10/17 (1) ne of Hettinger (DAG,CG).
Peak 11/8 (143) Grand Forks
(EEF).
N.
Cardinal - 8/30 (1) brood hatched in a south Fargo yard (fide
KRC). 10/16-11/2 (1) male at headquarters feeder, USNWR (REM,DML). 10/27 (1) female irregular at my
feeder, Grand Forks (DOL). 11/22 (1) female at NewTown (Rita Satermo). 11/29,30
(1) fem. near Minot Terry Gruenberg). Pair present at Richard Crawford feeder
in Grand Forks (EEF). A notable movement of the species this fall.
Rose-breasted
Grosbeak - 9/8 (1) in yard, Mandan (HCT). Peak 9/14 (8) Grand Forks (EEF). Last
10/3 (1) Grand Forks (EEF).
Black-headed
Grosbeak - 8/1-10 in Hettinger (DAG,CG). 9/3 (2) Dickinson (JPL).
Lazuli
Bunting - 9/3 (5) Dickinson Exp Station (REM,CDE,HCT,JPL). Last 9/8 (1) Lake
Ilo (JPL). Only reports.
Indigo
Bunting - Peak 8/13 (3) Grand Forks
(EEF), 9/8 (3) N. Fargo (DPW), 9/23 (3) N. Fargo (DPW). Last
9/29 (1) Dickinson (JPL). Unusual this late in the west.
Dickcissel
- 8/1 (4) Kidder (HCT,LF). 8/10 (8) Richland
(REM). Only reports.
Bobolink
- Peak 8/11 (110) Grand Forks (EEF).
8/21 (100) N. Fargo (RG). Last 9/16 (8) Steele
(DLK).
Red-winged
Blackbird – Peak 8/11 (50,000) Sargent
(REM). 11/23 (20) Steele (DLK). Present EOP.
Western
Meadowlark - Peak 8/4 (50) Stark
(HHH). 11/11 still catching grasshoppers,
McKenzie (JAH). Last EOP, stragglers ne of Hettinger (DAG,CG).
Yellow-headed
Blackbird - Peak 9/3 (1000’s) McHenry
(REM). Last 11/5 (5) Lake George, Foster
(PRS).
Rusty
Blackbird - First 9/29 (2) MSL (REM). 10/8 (4) Lake Ilo (JPL). Peak 11/7 (35) Grand Forks (EEF). Last 11/17 (1) Larson
Lake, Hettinger (CDE,JPL,HCT).
Brewer’s
Blackbird - Peak 10/12 (5000) McLean
(EEF). Last 11/22 (1) McKenzie (JAH).
Common
Grackle – Peak 9/3 (1000’s) McHenry
(REM).
Brown-headed
Cowbird - Peak 8/4 (150) Stark (HHH).
Last 9/9 (1) Steele (DLK).
Orchard
Oriole - Peak 8/1 (4) Burleigh
(HCT,LF), 8/4(4) Steele (DLK). Last
9/4 (1) Buxton (Sharon Watson).
Baltimore
Oriole - Peak 8/12 (8) Arrowwood NWR (PRS). Last 9/17 (1) Patterson Lake (JPL).
Pine
Grosbeak - 11/3 (1) Deering in a flowering crab tree (DML).
Purple
Finch – First 8/24 (1) Goose River Valley (DLK). Peak 11/3 (15) Denbigh (REM). 11/9 (5) CSNWR (GAE).
House
Finch - Peak 10/8 (21) Grand Forks (EEF).
Red
Crossbill – 8/9 (2) Minot (REM). 11/2 (25)
Mercer (JPL), (2) Minot County Club (REM). 11/4 (29) Denbigh (BD). 11/10
(9) Mercer (REM).
White-winged Crossbill - First 11/2 (1) male at feeder, west side of headquarters, USNWR (DML), (13) Minot Country Club (REM). 11/3 (1) Denbigh (REM). 11/4 (1) at my feeder, Minot (BD). 11/9 (2) Bowman (MLJ). 11/10 (2) Larimore Cemetary (JPL). 11/12 (1) Rock Lake (CDE,HCT). 11/18 (10) NewTown (Rita Satermo). 11/18 (3) Audubon NWR (REM). 11/20 (3) Hettinger (DAG,CG). 11/25 (9) Regent (REM). 11/29 (2) Grand Forks (Robert Seabloom). A good movement of this species.
Common
Redpoll - First 10/26 (1) NewTown (Rita Satermo). 11/4 (1) Adams (DAG,C G). Peak 10/30 (284) Grand Forks (EEF).
Hoary
Redpoll – 11/12 (1) MSL (REM). Early.
Pine
Siskin - Present. 11/7 (30) Larimore
Cemetary (EEF).
Am.
Goldfinch - 8/15 (1) fledged young in Grand
Forks (EEF). Peak 8/28 (50) Oliver
(HCT,MA).
Evening
Grosbeak - 11/14 (1) Crosby (HCT). Only report.
House
Sparrow - 8/15 (280) Grand Forks (EEF). 11/28 (75) my yard, Mandan (HCT).
287 species reported.
Species unreported: Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Cinnamon Teal, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Sage Grouse, Yellow Rail, Whimbrel, Long-billed Curlew, Red Knot, Black-legged Kittiwake, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Northern Hawk-Owl, Barred Owl, Long-eared Owl, Boreal Owl, Poorwill, Gray Jay, Clark’s Nutcracker, Violet-green Swallow, N. Mockingbird, Golden-winged Warbler, Pine Warbler, Connecticut Warbler, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Summer Tanager, Western Tanager, Brewer’s Sparrow, McCown’s Longspur, Bullock’s Oriole, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch.
Observers: (from west to east, compilers
underlined)
Bowman:
Mayme L. Johnson
Grassy
Butte: John A. Heiser
Dickinson:
Jack P. Lefor, Harry H. Hecht
Hettinger:
Dave A. and Carolyn Griffiths
Richardton:
Justin W. Hoff
Upper
Souris NWR: Darla M. Leslie
Minot: Ron
E. Martin, Dan N. Svingen, N. Dakota Birding Society, Helen Carlson and
Georgia Frazier of Billings, MT, Kelly Hudson, Terry Gruenberg, Charlie Clark
of Texas, Sheridan Walter
Audubon
NWR: Craig Hultberg, Meghan Dinkins, Mike Goos, Chad Klindtworth, Mike
McEnroe, Pete Smith
Bismarck:
Clark H. and Sandy L.Talkington, Marge Armitage of Denver, Colorado,
Corey Ellingson, Lowell Fahrni,
Mark A. Gonzalez, Bob Holbrook of Maryland, Jack Lefor
Long
Lake NWR: Gregg Knutsen, Natoma Buskness, Patsy Renz, Paul VanNingen,
Wendy Wollmuth
J.
Clark Salyer NWR: Gary A. Eslinger, Daniel J. Duchscherer, Gary E.
Erickson, Todd A. Grant, Robert L. Howard.
Arrowwood
NWR: Paulette Scherr, DJ Reiger, Neil Shook, Bruce W. Toay, Mark L.
Vaniman, Susan H. Vaniman
Hope: Donald
L. Kubischka
Grand
Forks: Eve Freeberg, Rich Crawford, Robert G. Freeberg, Dave Lambeth,
Robert Seabloom, Sharon Watson
Fargo: Robert
H. O’Conner, Keith R. Corliss, Rick Corwin, Rick Gjervold, Geoff Hall, Leo
Lantz, Gary E Nielson,
Spencer Meeks, Connie M. Norheim, Rick Shaw,
Dennis P. Wiesenborn. Fargo-Moorhead Audubon
ND Listserve:
Bob Danley, Jane Kostenko, Jean Legge, Sherrie Leslie, Rita Satermo, Sharon
Watson.