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Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta ©Don Des Jardin http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/DesJardin/

Experience North Dakota Birding

Neotropical migratory birds (lots of sparrows including Baird's, sharp-tailed and LeConte's); waterfowl, hawks, burrowing owls, Sprague's pipits, gray partridge, and more are found here. Knowing bird songs and habitat enables you spend quality time birding. The beautiful prairie pothole region of ND, with the badlands on the extreme western edge and the mixed grass prairie on the eastern edge with wooded draws and river valleys offers varied habitat to an abundance of birds. Visitors birders traveling to the state of ND find it a worthwhile destination. A rare habitat, the tall grass prairie, is also in the SE region of the state.

Long summer daylight hours - Long days and short nights in the summer (5 AM to 9:45 PM) make it possible to get the most out of a day. Prairie sparrows often sing into the early afternoon and are at their best when exhibiting breeding behavior.

Ecotourism - Birding and ecotourism opportunities await you in North Dakota. Photo opportunities and wildlife viewing are both rewarding pursuits. Whether you have four hours or four days, it's worth a look!

Scenic North Dakota; Birding Hot Spot! - Lewis & Clark were impressed with North Dakota, it's culture and beauty. Now, little traffic, expansive landscapes, farming and ranching, scattered towns and friendly people make North Dakota a prime destination for good old-fashioned relaxation. With maps helping you get around the back roads of the state, birdwatchers can manoeuver the state easily. Birds, Butterflies, Scenery, Wildflowers, butterflies, clean air and wide open spaces. Buffalo, antelope, meadowlarks and prairie dogs make this their home. Sunrises and sunsets that will take your breath away. Time and places so beautiful, so special, words cannot describe.

Variety of Birds - 347 species of birds travel through North Dakota, depending on the season. It is possible to see 100 species in a day.

Eastern and mid North Dakota: The Sheyenne River Valley includes national grasslands with native prairie remnants of mixed and tall grass prairie and oak savanna river riparian areas. This area is part of the state's Scenic Byway and Backway and North Country Trail. Prairie pothole country. Pembina Gorge area, along the Red River in the extreme northeastern corner of the state is plumb bursting with birding, warbling and outdoor opportunities.

Target species for prairie pothole and tall grass prairie region: Baird's, sharp-tailed, LeConte's, grasshopper, savannah, vesper, Henslow's sparrows, Say's phoebe, abundant ducks, waterfowl, horned larks, sedge and marsh wrens, gray catbird, brown thrasher, chipping, grasshopper and clay colored sparrows, occasional sharp-tailed grouse, prairie chickens and gray partridge, marbled gotwit and more. Duck paradise.

Western and SW North Dakota: Cowboy country, pickup trucks and cowboy hats - badlands regions that are dry, arid; Theodore Roosevelt National Park, national grasslands (1.3 million acres of public land). Due to the distances involved, plan for plenty of time to explore this unique area. It's worth the trip. Very scenic, bring your camera for the bison, prairie dogs and rattlesnakes.

Rock wrens, turkey vultures, Sprague's pipit, spotted towhee, Townsend's Solitaire, mountain bluebird, lazuli bunting, assorted sparrows, Loggerhead shrikes, wild turkey, common poorwill (at night); burrowing owls, long-billed curlew, lark bunting, sharp-tailed grouse, gray partridge, black-billed magpie and more.

In short; there are many local attractions available to tourists in any part of the state visited. Come and check it out for yourself!

 
 

Jean Legge
Dakota Birding
(Valley City, ND)
jlegge@live.comhttp://www.dakotabirding.com

Number of bird species: 392

State Bird


Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta

Audubon Society in North Dakota

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Usual list of local chapters.

Birding Drives Dakota

Website

As a state with 62 National Wildlife Refuges (more than any other state!) North Dakota has a lot to offer - it's one of those very special places left in the world. Our group, Birding Drives Dakota, is a unique coalition of communities working in concert with four of those refuges, and a host of other federal, state and local agencies, to promote birding and conservation...

Dakota Prairie Audubon Society

Information

1514 Skyline Lane, Jamestown, ND 58401 - Lawrence & Amy Igl, President

Fargo Moorhead Audubon Society

Website

A local Audubon chapter dedicated to the gathering, sharing, and dissemination of information pertaining to avian life in the Fargo-Moorhead area and their respective counties of Cass and Clay (No. Dak. and Minn.), with a focus on education, conservation, and public outreach. Bird devotees of all stripes--from casual to serious--are welcome...

Grand Forks Audubon Society

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2111 4th Ave N, Grand Forks, ND 58203 - Laura Thompson-Munski, President

Nature Conservancy in the Dakotas

Website

A new and not yet very developed site. Welcome to the home page of the Nature Conservancy of The Dakotas! Here you'll find information on the many ways we're working with the people of the state and the nation to help preserve the diversity of living things by protecting the habitats in which they live...

North Dakota Bird Records Committee

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The following is a list of the species and recognizable subspecies that the North Dakota Bird Records Committee would like documented, when found in North Dakota. Any species that is new to the state, or greatly out-of season (such as a Yellow Warbler in the winter); should also be documented.

North Dakota Birding Society

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To promote the study of birds in North Dakota, stimulate public interest in birds and foster the preservation of birdlife and its natural habitat...

Potholes & Prairie Birding Festival

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Don't miss the 10th Annual Potholes & Prairie Birding Festival, June 6-10, 2012 in Carrington, ND... The 2011 festival involved participants from 15 states and Great Britain. Highlights of the five day event included sightings of 132 different bird species, with almost all participants noting at least one life bird and some up to seven life birds. Some of these life birds included the Baird's and LeConte sparrows and gray partridge. Participants voiced their enjoyment of the wonderful birding, wide-open spaces and beauty of North Dakota. They especially enjoyed seeing birds in their full breeding plummage and their mating rituals...

Audubon National Wildlife Refuge

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Coleharbor, North Dakota. Welcome to Audubon National Wildlife Refuge in west central North Dakota. Thank you for visiting our pages on the world wide web.

Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge lies on the Missouri Coteau, a prairie region once covered with glaciers over 10,000 years ago. As the glacier carved its way across the state, shallow depressions or dents were created. Once the glacier melted, water collected in these depressions. Today, this area is known as the Prairie Pothole Region, one of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. It supports more than 200 species of migratory birds and is known as the duck factory of North America.

Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge

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Des Lacs NWR encompasses more than 19,500 acres along the Des Lacs River from the Canadian border to a point eight miles south of Kenmare, North Dakota. A mix of natural lakes and managed wetlands in the valley provide a haven for migrating and nesting waterfowl and marsh birds.

Edward M. Brigham III Sanctuary

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J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge

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J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge lies astride the lower reaches of the Souris River in McHenry and Bottineau counties. The refuge was established in 1935 for the preservation and propagation of migratory waterfowl and other wildlife...

North Dakota - US Fish & Wildlife Service Refuges

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Parks etc.

North Dakota's Prairie Potholes

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Located in the heart of the Prairie Pothole Region, North Dakota contains wetland densities exceeding 150 wetlands per square mile in many areas...

Sullys Hill National Game Preserve

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Sullys Hill National Game Preserve. Located near Devils Lake, North Dakota, Sullys Hill National Game Preserve is home to richly forested hills, wetlands, and prairie grasslands. Due to this varied habitat Sullys Hill is also home to over 250 species of migratory birds and waterfowl. The refuge consists of 1,674 acres of varied habitat and maintains a big game unit, which is home to American Plains Bison, Rocky Mountain Elk, Whitetail Deer, Wild Turkey, Prairie Dogs, and many other wildlife species. At Sullys Hill there is something for everyone who enjoys the outdoors.

Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge

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The 1930's brought drought to the Great Plains and disaster to waterfowl. Populations of ducks plummeted to all time lows and conservationists began to act. A flamboyant political cartoonist from Iowa, Jay N. Ding Darling, became director of the newly formed Bureau of Biological Survey and chose J. Clark Salyer as his top aide.

2003 [July]

Report

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2004 [July] - Jan Hein van Steenis

Report

Trip reports for this part of the USA are very rare, but the ones I found were helpful. The lack of reports is curious – maybe American birders are not all that interested in those Minnesota warblers and Dakota sparrows they can see on migration? For Europeans tied to the summer holiday period, it surely is an excellent destination – after you learnt how to deal with those mosquitoes...

Birding Pal

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Local birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...

Dakota Birding

Tour Operator

Birdwatching Guide for Southeastern, Central, Southwestern North Dakota. Specialized Day Trips. Groups - field trips, bird & butterfly presentations. Target Species of Your Choice Specialized for Individual Interests...

North Dakota Birding

Guide

I specialize in guiding birders to their life and target birds in North Dakota. Come and enjoy North Dakota birding at its best!

Midstate B&B

Accommodation

Great Birdwatching - close by Lonetree Wildlife Management area and Audubon National Wildlife Refuge at Coleharbor.

Missouri River Lodge B&B

Accommodation

Bring your horse or enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride on the trails to view eagles nesting, deer, pheasants, geese and ducks feeding in the fields, birds of all types, and flowers and plants native to ND.

Naard Creek Ranch

Accommodation

Naard Creek Ranch is a treasure of nature. This cattle ranch is located in the beautiful Badlands with the magnificent backdrop of the Killdeer Mountains, all of which is situated in remote southwest North Dakota.
We have a very remote, secluded guest cabin on our cattle ranch in the badlands of western North Dakota and we would like to invite birding enthusiasts to visit and see what we have to offer.
Harry & Maureen Olson phone number - 701-764-6911 and new e-mail address lolson@ndsupernet.com

ND-BIRDS

Mailing List
This website allows you to join or leave the ND-BIRDS list. To confirm your identity and prevent third parties from subscribing you to the list against your will, an e-mail message with a confirmation code will be sent to the address you specify in the form. Simply wait for this message to arrive, then follow the instructions to confirm the operation.

Bird Watching in North Dakota

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North Dakota has many habitats for a variety of bird life. From the badlands to the prairies, these habitats make North Dakota a great place to go bird watching. Bird watching (sometimes referred to as birding) is a great hobby – interesting and fun with much to be learned....

Birding Drives Dakota

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Sprague's Pipit. Baird’s Sparrow. Leconte’s and Nelson’s Sharptail Sparrows. Chestnut Collared Longspurs. See them. Hear them. And check them—and some 320 other fascinating species of birds-- off your life list...

Breeding Birds of North Dakota

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In this age of rapid changes in land use, this sound documentation of our present wildlife resources carries special significance; it lays a firm foundation for the future monitoring of changes in bird populations. Even in the wide open spaces of North Dakota, man is becoming aware that he lives in a finite world.

Checklist

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Dakota Birding

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Jean Legge - Guide - Experience North Dakota birding! Neotropical migratory birds (lots of sparrows including Baird`s and LeConte`s); waterfowl, hawks, burrowing owls, Sprague`s pipits, gray partridge, and more are found here...

North Dakota Birding

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With its many National Wildlife Refuges, Wildlife Management Areas, State Forests, State Parks, State Recreation Areas, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota is home to many species of birds and wildlife and is considered a top birding destination. Areas such as the Missouri Coteau, the Turtle Mountains, the Missouri River Valley, the Badlands, the Pembina Gorge and the Sheyenne Grasslands are popular destinations for avid birdwatchers....

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

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Since 1965, migratory birds have been a major focus of the research program at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC). Studies have emphasized waterbirds, including waterfowl (ducks, geese, and swans) and cranes and their habitats. More recently, studies have been added that consider population and community issues of nongame upland species, including passerines and shorebirds. This fact sheet summarizes current work with migratory birds and their habitats and provides a review of past studies that continue to be used to improve management and sustainability of populations.

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