[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Friday, January 13, 2006

[Jeanie Joppru]

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This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, January 13,
2006 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.

This week folks are beginning to get out birding with all the mild
weather. The northern part of the area has received some freezing rain
recently which has made some roads very slippery so caution is advised.=20

Most interesting find this week was a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS in Fergus
Falls in Otter Tail County. They were first found by Steve Millard at
Hannah Park on January 8, and were seen by him and others as recently as
January 12. Best viewing site seems to be directly across from Hannah
Park where Broadway dead-ends 1 1/2 blocks south of Lincoln Ave; another
place to view the birds is on the south side of the river at Hannah Park
located three blocks west of the intersection of Union and Vernon Ave.
Be aware that there is lots of open water around Fergus Falls, and the
ducks could be anywhere at any given time.

Tom Hanson reports from Lake of the Woods County that a female NORTHERN
CARDINAL has been visiting his feeders in the town of Baudette. Gretchen
Mehmel is regularly seeing a NORTHERN SHRIKE  in the yard at Norris Camp
in the Beltrami Island State Forest.=20

I did an owl survey in Lake of the Woods and Beltrami Counties on
January 7, and found one GREAT GRAY OWL in Beltrami County along MN 72
six miles north of Waskish , and 7 NORTHERN HAWK OWLS in either Beltrami
or Lake of the Woods Counties along MN 72, and Lake of the Woods County
Roads 77 and 87. These owls were seen from about noon to about 4 P.M. in
this area. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was also seen in Beltrami County on the
owl survey route south of Waskish. Lisa Newton reported a BALD EAGLE in
Beltrami County on January 2. On January 7-8, she saw 20 AMERICAN
GOLDFINCHES in Lee Township of Beltrami County.

In Marshall County, Lisa Newton observed about a hundred BOHEMIAN
WAXWINGS in the town of Grygla in the last two weeks. A PILEATED
WOODPECKER, and a COMMON RAVEN were also in the area. Richard Olson saw
an adult BALD EAGLE in southern Marshall County on January 7. Paul
Tanberg reported a flock of 20-30 AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES coming to his
feeder  this winter, along with the other usual winter visitors such as
DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and COMMON REDPOLLS.

Shelley Steva found two flocks of SNOW BUNTINGS in Pennington County on
January 7- one was in the Pembina WMA along CR 3, the other two miles
west of St. Hilaire along CR 3.

Cliff Steinhauer reported a WESTERN MEADOWLARK  wintering in Red Lake
County two miles south and two miles east of Red Lake Falls.

Shelley Steva also saw SNOW BUNTINGS in Polk County on January 7 - one
flock was three miles east of MN 220 along CR 21, another four miles
east of MN 75 along CR 21.

Tom Smith in Otter Tail County reported AMERICAN KESTREL along CR 15,
and two MOURNING DOVES, and DARK-EYED JUNCOS at his feeder four miles
southwest of Fergus Falls. Eddy Edwards, and Dan and Sandy Thimgan
reported many species of waterfowl in the Fergus Falls area including
SNOW GOOSE, TRUMPETER SWAN, WOOD DUCK, REDHEAD, LESSER SCAUP, and COMMON
MERGANSER. BALD EAGLE, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, AMERICAN COOT, and BELTED
KINGFISHER have also been seen in the area.

Thanks to Steve Millard , Eddy Edwards, and Dan and Sandy Thimgan for
their efforts in keeping us updated about the Harlequin Ducks; thanks
also to Tom Smith, Shelley Steva, Paul Tanberg, Tom Hanson, Gretchen
Mehmel, Lisa Newton, and Richard Olson 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, January 20, 2006.




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