* North Dakota
* Statewide
* March 15, 1999
* NDST9903.15
- Birds Mentioned
Canada Goose
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Gray Partridge
Horned Lark
Brown Creeper
Cedar Waxwing
White-throated Sparrow
Chickadee
Nuthatch
Woodpecker
Oldsquaw
Ringnecked Duck
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Snowy Owl
Merlin
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Mallard
Pintail
Varied Thrush
Bohemian Waxwing
Harris' Sparrow
Hoary Redpoll
Saw-whet Owl
Ross' Goose
Greater Scaup
Ferruginous Hawk
California Gull
Red Crossbill
Snow Goose
- Transcript
Hotline: North Dakota Update
Date: March 15, 1999
Number: (701) 250-4418
To Report: (701) 250-4418
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler: Ken Torkelson, USFWS
Compiled: March 15, 1999
Transcriber: Jane Kostenko
mailto:kenneth_torkelson@mail.fws.gov
This is the North Dakota Birding Society Hotline for the
week of March 15, 1999.
Welcome to the Birding Hotline operated by the North
Dakota Birding Society and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service...This report was recorded on Monday, March
15, 1999.
Lots of sightings this week. It looks like winter
may be over...at least in some parts of the state.
A half-dozen members of the Fargo-Moorhead Audubon
Society had some interesting finds on a local field
trip of the Fargo area on Saturday, March 13. Connie
Norheim reports the group recorded a CANADA GOOSE,
RED-TAILED HAWK, AMERICAN KESTREL, two GRAY PARTRIDGE,
HORNED LARK, BROWN CREEPER, CEDAR WAXWING and two
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, that had apparently over-wintered.
Also included were the usual CHICKADEES, NUTHATCHES
and WOODPECKERS. For details, you can call Connie
at 701-232-4386.
Further west, Corey Ellingson and Clark Talkington had
good luck on a couple of excursions. On March 13, they
checked Garrison Dam. There, they found three OLDSQUAW
still hanging around. At the nearby marsh, there were
three RINGNECKED DUCKS and an early YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.
Continuing their travels, they recorded a SNOWY OWL near
Wing. Between Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge and
McKenzie Slough, Corey and Clark observed a MERLIN, two
NORTHERN HARRIERS, nine adult and one immature BALD
EAGLES, a GOLDEN EAGLE, two RED-TAILED HAWKS and 34 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS. On
March 14, Corey went alone to
McKenzie Slough, and found a couple of RING-BILLED
GULLS, a pair of MALLARDS,
a pair of PINTAILS and a CANADA GOOSE with a yellow neck
collar. For more information, call Corey at 701-221-0644.
Ron Martin probably saw some of those same birds in his
travels on March 12, 13, and 14. On the 12th, he saw the
VARIED THRUSH on the same Minot street where it had been
reported in January. Also that same day, Ron found about
300 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in Velva, two HARRIS' SPARROWS
outside of Minot and some HOARY REDPOLLS at his feeder
in Sawyer. On March 13, he heard a SAW-WHET OWL
calling...in the afternoon. On March 14, Ron visited the
Garrison Dam area, where he saw a lone ROSS' GOOSE mixed
in with CANADA GEESE in the Wolf Creek area, as well as
two PINTAILS, a RINGNECKED DUCK and a GREATER SCAUP in
the marsh below the dam. He also spotted four OLDSQUAW
in the tailrace area, 19 BALD EAGLES near the dam, a
FERRUGINOUS HAWK at Wolf Creek, one RING-BILLED GULL
and one CALIFORNIA GULL, and some RED CROSSBILLS at
Riverdale. You can find Ron at 701-624-5241.
Clark Talkington went out to McKenzie Slough and Long
Lake National Wildlife Refuge on Monday, March 15. He
recorded 22 BALD EAGLES at McKenzie Slough, three
RING-BILLED GULLS at Long Lake refuge, 21 PINTAILS
between those two sites, and about 10-thousand CANADA
GEESE with some SNOW GEESE mixed in. Clark's phone
number is 701-663-8103.
That concludes this week's report from the North Dakota
Birding Society and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. To
hear it during regular business hours, dial 701-250-4418 and
when the receptionist answers, ask for the Birding Hotline.
It's Voice Mailbox number 601. During non-business hours,
call the same number and follow the directions.
End Transcript