[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, September 16, 2005

[Jeanie Joppru]

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This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, September 16,
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.

We are sliding peacefully into fall in the northwest, with mild
temperatures, and mostly sunny days. Leaves are just beginning to show
the beautiful color we look for in the autumn woods. Migration seems to
be progressing but some species seem to have overflown the area,
especially shorebirds , large congregations of which are hard to find in
the northwest this year.

 In Polk County, Shelley Steva and I visited the Melo Impoundment in the
northern part of the county on September 11. There we found very few
shorebirds in and near the few pools remaining. In all there were
KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and WILSON'S SNIPE- all
in ones and twos. Also there were six GREAT EGRETS, and a BALD EAGLE.
Elsewhere in the county , we saw a SWAINSON'S HAWK. Bruce Flaig reported
that the first DARK-EYED JUNCO of the fall appeared on September 15 in
southern Polk County.

Along the old Pembina Trail in Pennington County, we saw  a MERLIN, BARN
SWALLOWS, and at least eight EASTERN BLUEBIRDS on Sunday, September 11.

Gary Tischer reported that about 35 GREAT EGRETS  can be found at
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge this week. About 200 SANDHILL CRANES
are gathering at Northwest Pool on the refuge and another 100 or so are
on the east side; more can be seen to the northwest of the refuge in
farm fields. Hawks are beginning to show up in migration  with the
majority of them now being RED-TAILED HAWKS, although at least one
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK has been seen.=20

Pat Rice, Beltrami County, reported that the CAROLINA WREN was still in
their yard as of September 11.

>From Kittson County, Larry Wilebski reported GREAT EGRET, GREAT BLUE
HERON, 25 WHITE PELICANS, three TURKEY VULTURES, and four GREATER
YELLOWLEGS at his wildlife area north of Lancaster near the Canadian
border.

Gretchen Mehmel, reporting from Lake of the Woods County, saw a GREAT
GRAY OWL along the Roosevelt Forest Road 1 mile north of the Norris Fire
Tower on September 10, where on the 9th, she had seen a SPRUCE GROUSE
not more than 1/2 mile away.

Thanks to Larry Wilebski, Gretchen Mehmel, Bruce Flaig, Gary Tischer,
and Pat Rice 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, September 23, 2005.



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