[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, October 18, 2007

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*October 18, 2007
*MNDL0710.18

-Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Blue-winged Teal
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
White-winged Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 18, 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, October 18,
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.

We are definitely in transition to winter now in the northwest - rains
are cold, winds high, and skies are often gloomy, punctuated by
occasional magical sunny warm days that make us forget how unpleasant
some fall weather can be. Migration is winding down with only a few new
species being seen now.

The big news this week is a WHITE-WINGED DOVE reported by Dan and Sandy
Thimgan in Otter Tail County 10 miles north of Fergus Falls at the home
of Marilyn Sanchez. She has agreed to allow birders to visit and can be
reached at 218-736-6420 for updates and directions.

Ben Fritchman reported 5 SURF SCOTERS, and 2 BLACK SCOTERS on Lake
Osakis in Todd County on October 14, and John Kroll found two
LONG-TAILED DUCKS there on October 16 when he went to look for the
scoters.

In Greenbush, Roseau County, on October 15, Russ Reisz saw a
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER in his yard, along with a number of BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEES, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, and BROWN CREEPERS.

Larry Wilebski in Kittson County reported a SNOW BUNTING on October 14
and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK on October 15.

On October 13 Andrew Birch reported a LONG-TAILED DUCK on Leech Lake in
Cass County 3 miles north of Pelican Island, and a SURF SCOTER in front
of Huddle's Resort on Leech Lake. On the 16th, Dale Yerger saw two adult
LITTLE GULLS with the BONAPARTE'S GULLS at the Cass Lake WTP.

Russ Reisz , in Marshall County on October 15 reported BLUE-WINGED TEAL
at Thief Lake WMA, and on the 19th, he saw WESTERN GREBE, GREAT EGRET,
and SNOW BUNTINGS there. The October 14 shorebird survey at Agassiz NWR
found 458 individuals of 11 species including 13 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS,
a melanistic AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, and 214 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS
scattered all over the refuge with most at Tamarac Pool and Webster
Pool. Other species seen included SNOW GOOSE, COMMON GOLDENEYE, and a
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. Gary Tischer mentioned the first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK,
and 100 SNOW BUNTINGS seen on October 10. A pair of TRUMPETER SWANS with
6 cygnets were found near Thief Bay Pool that day also. Gary reported
the presence of 400 TUNDRA SWANS, and 10000 AMERICAN COOTS currently at
the refuge among a good variety of ducks.

Mel and Elaine Bennefeld in Clay County reported RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
and PURPLE FINCH at the Ponderosa Gold Club near Buffalo River State
Park on October 16.

Dan and Sandy Thimgan reported that sparrows were many in Otter Tail
County on October 11, including all the common late fall migrants; at
Battle Lake WTP there was a variety of ducks and some BONAPARTE'S GULLS.
Kim Eckert's Minnesota Birding Weekend group found many species
including GREAT EGRET, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER,
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, DUNLIN, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, NORTHERN SHRIKE,
BROWN CREEPER, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, MARSH WREN, both kinglets,
AMERICAN PIPIT, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and LAPLAND LONGSPUR. Teresa
Jaskiewicz mentioned AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, and PINE SISKINS also in
Otter Tail County.

The Minnesota Birding Weekend group in Wilkin County found 2 SURF
SCOTERS at the Breckenridge WTP. Other species seen on the weekend in
Wilkin County included 2 EARED GREBES, PILEATED WOODPECKER, an unusual
number of BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES, both kinglets, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH,
HERMIT THRUSH, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, LE CONTE'S
SPARROW, and FOX SPARROW among many other species.

Thanks to Andrew Birch, Ben Fritchman, Dale Yerger, Mel and Elaine
Bennefeld, Gary Tischer, Larry Wilebski, Kim Eckert, Russ Reisz, Teresa
Jaskiewicz, and Dan and Sandy Thimgan 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, October 25,
2007.
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