[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, December 17, 2004

[Jeanie Joppru]

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, December 17,
2004 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 cold has arrived but with little snow, and lots of ice. Still
interesting birds are being seen. Plans are being made for all the CBC's
in the area. All are encouraged to participate in one or another of
them, and feeder watchers are especially needed to report all species
and numbers seen on count day and during count week.

>From Lake of the Woods County, Tom Hanson was excited to find a female
NORTHERN CARDINAL  in his yard in Baudette on December 12th. Other
species present there included three MOURNING DOVES, 4 RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCHES, 2 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, COMMON REDPOLLS, and PINE
SISKINS. Gretchen Mehmel reported three GREAT GRAY OWLS- one northwest
and one southwest of Pitt, and one southwest of Norris Camp. She also
saw NORTHERN SHRIKE, GRAY JAY, PINE GROSBEAK, and PINE SISKINS in the
county.

Mary Broten found a GREAT GRAY OWL on the north side of MN highway 11,
1/4 mile east of milepost 54 in Roseau County. Susan Anderson had a
BROWN THRASHER come to her feeder south of Greenbush along US highway 32
on December 12th.

Herb Dingmann and Ron Erpelding did an owl survey in Beltrami County on
December 11th, and while they did not find any owls, they did find some
interesting species. Among them were several hundred BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS
in Blackduck. Also in the county were PINE GROSBEAKS, WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS, PINE SISKINS,  and EVENING GROSBEAKS.

Linda Johnson was out on December 11th when it was very windy and she
remarked on the hundreds of COMMON REDPOLLS along CR 3 near Warren in
Marshall County.

In Pennington County, Loren Race had a  VARIED THRUSH coming to his
feeder station in Rural Goodridge on December 13-14th. A pair of
PILEATED WOODPECKERS visited our feeders near Thief River Falls on
Thursday, December 16th.

Teresa Aamodt saw an AMERICAN ROBIN on Becker CR 6 north of Big
Cormorant Lake on December 16th.

Jeffrey Wiersma reported that Glendalough State Park has two new feeder
stations that are attracting lots of birds. Among them are DOWNY
WOODPECKER, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE. Also near the park entrance, a BALD EAGLE and a
BARRED OWL have been seen.

Thanks to Cliff Steinhauer, Mary Broten, Jeffrey Wiersma, Tom Hanson,
Gretchen Mehmel, Herb Dingmann, Ron Erpelding, Loren Race, Linda
Johnson, and Teresa Aamodt for their reports.

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, December 24, 2004.