Tundra Swan numbers are building at Lake Winnie. 200 birds were seen yesterday,
mostly
near the Painted Turtle campsite.? Also at Painted Turtle were 3 Black
Scoters.? One adult
male Surf Scoter was with a mixed group of waterfowl near Denny's Resort.
Ben Wieland
www.cassbirding.blogspot.com
D
Dale Yerger and I birded Leech and Winnie today.? Of note.
-1 Black-bellied Plover and 1 Sanderling still on Little Pelican Island, Leech
Lake
-3 Black Scoters and 1 Long-tailed Duck near Tamarack Point on Lake Winnie
The scoters were initially seen yesterday, 10/31, and another was near sh
Baird's, Stilt, and Least Sandpiper, both yellowlegs, and a female Red-necked
Phalarope in breeding plumage were seen at the Longville Water Treatment Ponds
on Sunday morning.? The Walker ponds had the same species assemblage, minus the
phalarope, on Sunday afternoon.? Also at Longville was a mi
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows and Yellow Rails are present and vocal at the Boy
River marsh along county road 8. Today at Pelican Island there were approx. 15
Ruddy Turnstones, 15 Sanderlings, 1 Black-bellied Plover, and 2 White-rumped
Sandpipers.
Ben Wieland
Ben Wieland
www.cassbirding.blog
Dale Yerger, Larry Olson, and I ran a birding route through Cass County
yesterday, 5/25. South winds were going, and the day was active and the
weather unsettled. The usual big day hits and misses occurred, with shorebirds
particularly absent. We found 152 species for the day, including:
Nor
Migrants new to the area over the past week:
Great Egret
Osprey
Song Sparrow
Eastern Phoebe
Common Grackle
Eastern and Western Meadowlark
Greater Yellowlegs
17 species of waterfowl
Sandhill Crane
Purple Finch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ring-billed and Herring Gull
also a Northern Saw-whet Owl has been
The Northern Hawk Owl found yesterday by Andrew Birch was still present today
at 4:30 PM. The location is approx. 2 miles west of CR 8 on CR 73. Also seen
today was a Rough-legged Hawk at the Boy River crossing along CR 8. Rough-legs
have seemed quite scarce this winter in our area.
Ben Wiel
Cass County today, 12/18
-Hoary Redpoll along CR 8
-2 Black-billed Magpies in McKinley Twp. along CR 19
-3 Tundra Swans (2 adults, 1 juvenile) below the Sylvan Dam on the Crow Wing
River
The American Three-toed Woodpeckers reported yesterday were not relocated on CR
8.
Ben Wieland
Be
Dale Yerger and I found adult Little Gulls today, 10/16, at both the Walker and
the Cass Lake sewer ponds. Both birds were mixed in with flocks of between
100-200 Bonaparte's Gulls.
Ben Wieland
Ben Wieland
Deep Portage Learning Center
2197 Nature Center Dr. NW
Hackensack, MN 56452 (218)68
I had a number of good sightings in Cass County today. Highlights include:
- Least Bittern at the Winnie Ponds Management Area, previously reported by
Ben Wieland
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow where the Boy River crosses CR 8, just south
of CR 4, previously reported by Ben Wieland
- Leconte's
Molly Malecek, Dale Yerger, and I were joined by 7 wonderful birders this past
weekend for a tour of Cass County birding locales. The group turned up 139
species between Fri. evening and Sun. afternoon. 18 warblers, 13 sparrows, 2
bitterns, 3 rails, and some fine June weather made for a nice w
Attempts at relocating the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Denny's Resort this
morning in Cass County did not succeed. High winds moved across the area last
night, so it may have moved on. We'll keep looking. More successful was a
trip to Winnie Ponds (CR 9, just south of the Itasca border), whi
18 species of warbler this morning (6/5) on CR 129 east of Longville.
Magnolia, Yellow-rumped, and Tennessee (probably a late migrant) were the
highlights as far as June birds for Cass County. Also Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher, Winter Wren, Brown Creeper, and LeConte's Sparrow. Whip-poor-wills
In southern Cass this morning: Grasshopper Sparrow, Field Sparrow (2
locations, west of Pine River and south of Esterday), Yellow-billed Cuckoo (2
locations, Cat Lake and Crow Wing State Park), Red-necked Grebe on nest at Cat
Lake, and a "Brewster's" Warbler in Sylvan Township (first time I've
Evening birding the past few nights has been productive and incredible buggy.
On 5/31 there were at least 8 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows at the Boy River
marsh along CR 8. On 6/1 we found at least 4 Yellow Rails calling at the Swamp
Lake marsh along MN 371.
Ben
Ben Wieland
Deep Portage Le
This weekend has been good for species that can be tough in Cass County.
5/26-Lark Sparrow at Remer sewage ponds. 5/27-Red-necked Phalarope (female) at
Walker sewage ponds, Ruddy Duck and Western Kingbird at Cass Lake sewage ponds.
Feel free to email if you are birding the hinterlands of cent
5/25- Leech Lake "Pelagic" trip to Pelican Island yielded thousands of
birdsmostly Common Terns and Double-crested Cormorants. Also present,
however, were Ruddy Turnstone (11), Dunlin (8), Sanderling (10), Black-bellied
Plover (1), Peregrine Falcon (1), Red-necked Grebe (1), and assorted ot
There was a decent movement of passerines today, 5/21. The eastern shore of
Lake Winnibigoshish was hopping with 20 warblers and 5 vireos, including first
of year Cape May, Bay-breasted, and Blackpoll Warblers, and Philadelphia Vireo.
County big days over the past two weeks have produced total
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Darla and Jerry Sathre found a female Long-tailed Duck on the Pillager CBC.
The bird was at the Pillager Dam on the Crow Wing river and was cruising around
between Morrison and Cass Coun
Birded the tamarack bog along Cass 135 (3 miles or so
east of junction with Cass 63, north of Boy River)
this morning. Of note:
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (2)
Gray Jay (6)
Black-billed Cuckoo
Blue-headed Vireo
Connecticut Warbler (10) - 2 or 3 at every stop in bog
Ben Wieland
Ben Wieland
Deep
At least 5 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows were present
last night (5/30) at the Boy River marsh where Cass
County 8 crosses the Boy River. One additional NSTS
was heard in the marsh along Cass County 4,
approximately 1 mile east of 8. The birds started
vocalizing at around 9:30 PM. No Yellow Rai
We have had a few migrant flocks buzz through Deep
Portage over the last week, including a Philadelphia
Vireo on 9/10.
At Salt Lake (Lac Qui Parle) on 9/11
Baird's Sandpiper (100+)
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sanderling (50+)
Lesser Yellowlegs (100+)
Stilt Sandpiper
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Subject: [mou] Cass County Birds
> The Walker settling ponds have had a few shorebirds
> over the past week or so. Last night we had
> Semipalmated, Least, Solit
The Walker settling ponds have had a few shorebirds
over the past week or so. Last night we had
Semipalmated, Least, Solitary, and Stilt Sandpipers.
The Stilt was a lone individual in a group of Lesser
Yellowlegs. Last week was mostly Solitary and
Spotted, with one Baird's and one Pectoral Sandp
Yesterday evening Dale Yerger and I went out to feed
the mosquitoes for a while. Turned up a Connecticut
Warbler in the bog along County 135 north of Boy
River, and at least 3 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows
in the Boy River marsh where County 8 crosses the
river. Venus and Mercury are putting on
We have been encountering good numbers of Wood Thrush
at Deep Portage this year. This morning I had at
least 5 individuals during point counts along our
North Loop trail.
Ben Wieland
Deep Portage Learning Center
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It's been a wet week at Deep Portage, and the
birding still seems slow. 3 Gray Catbirds, 2
Redstarts (one a recapture from last May) a
Wilson's Warbler and an Ovenbird were all the
banding station could muster today. Birds from
the last day or two:
Green Heron
Sora (Pine River)
Virginia Rail (Pi
The banding station was dead again this morning,
one Least Flycatcher and nothing else. Birds are
on the move though.new at Deep Portage this
morning-
Caspian Tern
Least Flycatcher
Gray Catbird
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
Tennessee Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Chestnut-
The banding station at Deep Portage has been
quite slow this week, with only 5 birds captured
in 40 net hours. Notable was an ASY male
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that we banded 19 May
2004, and recaptured this past Tuesday. Recent
arrivals at Deep Portage include:
Brown Thrasher
Wood Thrush
Black-
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