[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, November 22, 2007

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*November 22, 2007
*MNDL0711.22

-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Black Scoter
Wild Turkey
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Gray Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Boreal Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Eastern Bluebird
Bohemian Waxwing
Harris's Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Pine Grosbeak
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: November 22, 2007
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru at wiktel.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, November
22, 2007 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.

Happy Thanksgiving! Today is the first really cold, calm day we have had
this fall so far. The sun is shining so that makes it a really pleasant
day. There are reports this week of Snowy Owls coming south. Watch for
them
now as several have been sighted in various places throughout the plains
region within the last two weeks. Only a slight dusting of snow is on
the ground so it is still pretty dark at night. Perhaps next week we
will get some more of the white stuff. Most water around the northern
part of the area is skinned over this morning with fresh ice so few
waterfowl are left.

Alma Ronningen in Otter Tail County reported a NORTHERN CARDINAL on
November 18, 35 TRUMPETER SWANS on November 19, and on the 20th, 10 WILD
TURKEYS, NORTHERN SHRIKE, BROWN CREEPER, and a late HARRIS'S SPARROW.

Pat Beauzay reported a BOREAL CHICKADEE at Long Lake near Park Rapids in
Hubbard County on November 22. There were PINE GROSBEAKS at the Fish
Hook River in Park Rapids.

>From Polk County, Donna and Leon Thoreson reported that four EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVES were seen in Climax on November 19. A SNOWY OWL was
spotted on a telephone pole west of Climax on MN 220. Other species seen
this week in the county included BALD EAGLE, two GREAT HORNED OWLS,
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, a pair of NORTHERN CARDINALS in Climax, SNOW
BUNTINGS, COMMON REDPOLLS, and PINE SISKINS. There is also a report of a
sighting of an EASTERN BLUEBIRD by an unidentified observer northeast of
East Grand Forks on November 17.

COMMON REDPOLLS were reported in Marshall County by Linda Johnson on
November 18. On November 22, she had PINE GROSBEAKS in her yard there.
On a quick trip to Agassiz NWR this morning, I saw several BALD EAGLES,
4 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, a NORTHERN SHRIKE, and a single SNOW BUNTING.

Doug Johnson found WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS at the east end of Lake
Winnibegoshish in Cass County on November 18.

In Beltrami County on November 22, Doug observed that the BLACK SCOTER
that was reported earlier is still present on Lake Bemidji off Diamond
Park Point. Also in Bemidji, there are BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS.
Larry Wilebski in Kittson County reported a group of WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS at his cabin northwest of Lancaster on November 18. Other
species seen that day included PILEATED WOODPECKER, GRAY JAY, and COMMON
REDPOLLS. On November 22, he added WILD TURKEY and PINE GROSBEAKS to
that list.

Thanks to Larry Wilebski, Linda Johnson, Alma Ronningen, Patrick
Beauzay, Doug Johnson, and Donna and Leon Thoreson for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than
Thursday each week, at ajjoppru at 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. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, November 29
2007.

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN
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