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-Birds mentioned

• Great Egret
• Black-crowned Night-Heron
• Snow Goose
• American Black Duck
• Northern Shoveler
• Cooper's Hawk
• Common Moorhen
• American Golden-Plover
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• Baird's Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Stilt Sandpiper
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper
• Ring-billed Gull
• Herring Gull
• Caspian Tern
• Black Tern
• Barred Owl
• Red-headed Woodpecker
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Barn Swallow
• Marsh Wren
• Wood Thrush
• Northern Parula
• Black-throated Blue Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Palm Warbler
• Purple Finch

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 11, 2003
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)
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This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, September 12, 2003 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.

The sunshine left the northwest this week and was replaced by clouds and strong south winds. A little rain fell but not very much, and the wind is starting to take the leaves down. Migration appears to have stalled, but clearing skies and a probable wind shift bodes well for this weekend's birding. In short, something's gotta give!

There were few reports this week but still some interesting sightings. Two CASPIAN TERNS were found by Shelley Steva and I at the Crookston wastewater treatment ponds in Polk County on September 7th.

On the 6th, a first county record NORTHERN PARULA was found at Old Treaty Crossing State Wayside near Huot in Red Lake County, and Peder Svingen spotted a female BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER there also.=20

In Becker County, Dr. Steve Stromstad found what appeared to be a pure white "albinistic" cormorant at Big Cormorant Lake on the 8th. Mary Wyatt reported that she is still seeing 13 species of warblers in and around her yard. A WOOD THRUSH, and two immature RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS have also been there. At Hamden Slough NWR the COMMON MOORHENS are still around at the same location previously reported. At the headquarters, a COOPER'S HAWK was chased away by the BARN SWALLOWS who have a nest with three late nestlings still in it. At a residence north of Hamden, an immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen.

In Red Lake County, other birds observed on the 6th included BLACK TERN, BARRED OWL , and PURPLE FINCH. After much intensive birding, 11 species of warblers were found.

At the Crookston wastewater treatment ponds in Polk County, in addition to the terns mentioned above, we found SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, RING-BILLED GULL, PALM WARBLER, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER on September 7th. Shelley Steva found GREAT EGRETS in the Grand Marais River along Polk County Road 19 on the 11th.

In Pennington County, on the 7th, at the Thief River Falls wastewater treatment ponds, there were HERRING GULLS, and BLACK TERNS, and hundreds of NORTHERN SHOVELERS.

The story from Marshall County as always this time of year is the shorebirds at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge. The weekly survey on September 6th tallied 2260 individuals of 18 species. Included in that total were 4 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 691 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 697 STILT SANDPIPERS (the largest number ever counted at Agassiz), 103 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, and 3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS. The numbers are starting to go up again. In addition to these birds, other species seen included BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, SNOW GOOSE, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, COOPER'S HAWK, and MARSH WREN.

Four SNOW GEESE were found on the 6th at the Karlstad wastewater treatment ponds in Kittson County. Since two of them were clearly immatures, it leaves one to wonder just where they nested. Also in the county a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on a power pole.

Thanks to those who sent in reports this week. Please send in your sightings as they all help to give us an idea of how the migration is progressing, in addition to helping those who are looking for certain species.

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. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, September 19, 2003.

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