[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, February 11, 2005

[Jeanie Joppru]

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This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, February 11,
2005 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.

With the coming of milder weather this past week,  some of the ice has
melted off the roads making travel both safer and more pleasant. The
owls in which we are all so interested seem to have dispersed somewhat
as the large concentrations of owls are not any longer being found so
easily. That does not mean that there are none, just that they are not
all in one spot any longer. Perhaps the food supply is becoming
stressed, and we need to watch for dead and injured birds; or maybe they
are recovering somewhat and no longer need to feed all day. It is
important to record all sightings, or lack of, so we can answer these
questions.

Jenny Moorman reported from Lake of the Woods County that she has  15
PINE GROSBEAKS, and twenty-five EVENING GROSBEAKS coming to  her feeder.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE came to the feeder in search of a meal. She also
reported a NORTHERN GOSHAWK  near Roosevelt, SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, and a
GREAT GRAY OWL north of Williams between CR 8 and CR 2.=20

In Marshall County, Maggie Anderson and Cliff Steinhauer report that
there are several GREAT GRAY OWLS being regularly seen along CR 12 and
CR 7 and in the adjoining sections of land, as well as in Agassiz NWR
itself.

Several GREAT GRAY OWLS were reported in Pennington County this week.
Shelley Steva saw one 2.25 miles north of the intersection of US 59 and
CR 3 on February 9th. Tracy Carlson found an injured GREAT GRAY OWL on
February 6th near her home a quarter mile north of MN 1 and about 2
miles east of CR 22, and another apparently healthy one showed up on
February 7th. The injured owl was still around on February 9th, and was
picked up and taken to a rehabber. I observed another one on February
6th about a half mile east of CR 22 along MN 1. A GRAY PARTRIDGE was
found near Thief River Falls on Sunday, and a SHORT-EARED OWL was
observed near the intersection of CR 25 and CR 3 that day.

In the Gully fen in eastern Polk County, I found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on
February 6th.

Ron Erpelding and Herb Dingmann refound the NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Norman
County near the intersection of MN 200 and MN 32 south of Gary on
February 6th. Ben Fritchman birded in that county on February 10th and
reported BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN SHRIKE, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, and HORNED
LARK.

In Clay County, Ben found HORNED LARKS, and in Moorhead, an AMERICAN
ROBIN .

Dave Hochhalter saw a GREAT GRAY OWL in Becker County on February 6th
along US 59 near L & M Fleet Supply near Detroit Lakes.

Ron Erpelding and Herb Dingmann refound the NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Otter
Tail County  2 miles east of CR19 on CR76, then south one mile.

In Wadena County, Ron and Herb relocated the GREAT GRAY OWL near Nimrod
along CR 227.

A GOLDEN EAGLE and two SHORT-EARED OWLS, and a SNOWY OWL were found by
John Ellis near the Rothsay WMA in Wilkin County on February 5th.

>From Beltrami County, Pat Rice reported a GREAT GRAY OWL on North
Plantagenet south of Bemidji on February 3rd. There was a HOARY REDPOLL
in Bemidji on February 4th.

GREAT GRAY OWLS continue to be found in considerable numbers in Hubbard,
Cass, and Clearwater Counties near where the three counties border each
other.

Benjamin Fritchman reported that EVENING GROSBEAKS are coming to a
feeder in Little Sauk in Todd County for the first time in many years.

Thanks to Shelley Steva, Ben Fritchman, Dave Hochhalter, Maggie
Anderson, Cliff Steinhauer, Pat Rice, John Ellis, Ron Erpelding, Herb
Dingmann, and Jenny Moorman 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, February 18, 2005.


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