[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, January 10, 2008

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*January 10, 2008
*MNDL0801.10

-Birds mentioned
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Pheasant
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Gray Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Townsend's Solitaire
American Robin
Bohemian Waxwing
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Pine Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: January 10, 2008
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, January 10,
2008 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 has been a mild week in the northwest , but not much melting has
occurred. A little freezing fog has glazed the sidewalks and secondary
roads, and with little traffic, they require careful driving, and not
many instant "birding stops".

>From Kittson County, Larry Wilebski continues to report GRAY JAYS,
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, and PINE GROSBEAKS north of
Lancaster.

Doug Johnson reported that the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE in Bemidji, Beltrami
County, could still be found on January 7 at 313 Rako St SW. A
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER appeared in his yard at 7300 Vireo Ct NE.

On January 6, Doug saw a RING-BECKED PHEASANT east of Mahnomen in
Mahnomen County along MN 200.

Matt Mecklenburg relocated the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE near 1001 Elm St. S
in Moorhead, Clay County. On January 6, he found a NORTHERN PINTAIL with
about 500 MALLARDS in a field about 2 miles east of the northeast cell
at the Moorhead wastewater treatment ponds. Other species seen in the
county included WILD TURKEY, both nuthatches, an AMERICAN ROBIN, and
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH.

Ben Fritchman reported on the Philbrook CBC , which was conducted in
Todd County on January 1. They found 34 species including two NORTHERN
GOSHAWK, NORTHERN FLICKER, TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, SNOW BUNTINGS, HOARY
REDPOLL, and 8 PINE GROSBEAKS.

Dan and Sandy Thimgan found EVENING GROSBEAKS in Wadena County on
January 4, but were not able to re-locate the American Three-toed
Woodpecker reported earlier.

In Otter Tail County, Roland Jordahl reported SHARP-SHINNED HAWK,
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 5 AMERICAN ROBINS, and a
male NORTHERN CARDINAL on January 9.

Connie Norheim and Becky Oberlander were in the Rothsay area of Wilkin
County on January 5 where they observed GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS,
RING-NECKED PHEASANT, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, 6 DARK-EYED JUNCOS at a
feeder in Rothsay, SNOW BUNTINGS, and COMMON REDPOLLS.

Thanks to Ben Fritchman, Connie Norheim, Becky Oberlander, Doug Johnson,
Larry Wilebski, Matt Mecklenburg, Roland Jordahl, 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, January 17,
2008.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN


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