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

[Jeanie Joppru]

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, September 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.

There is no doubt that fall is here now- the colors are appearing in the
leaves, cold rains are alternating with warm sunny days. Every day the
bird mix changes. We are seeing the last of the bug eaters which are
being slowly replaced by the seed eaters. Migration is in full swing,
and one never knows what one will see on a given day.

In Pennington County, Pat Rice reported a large flock of FRANKLIN'S
GULLS along  US highway 59 on September 11th.

At her feeder in Beltrami County , Pat had BROWN CREEPER, PINE SISKIN,
and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH on September 10th.

Keith Corliss observed a CONNECTICUT WARBLER in Moorhead's M. B. Johnson
Park  in Clay County on September 11th. Some of Matt Mecklenburg's
sightings during a big day conducted on September 11th in Clay County
were COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBES at the Barnesville wastewater treatment
ponds, RED-NECKED GREBE at Hitterdahl, GREAT EGRET, TURKEY VULTURE,
BROAD-WINGED HAWK at the MSUM Science Center, SWAINSON'S HAWK along CR 7
south of Ulen, GRAY PARTRIDGE west of Barnesville, COMMON NIGHTHAWK,
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, COMMON RAVEN, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR.=20

Mary Wyatt in Becker County reported that there are over 1000 ducks at
Hamden Slough NWR now, and many mixed flocks of blackbirds are passing
through. She still has two SCARLET TANAGERS coming to the feeders.

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 24, 2004.