[mou] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, March 6, 2008

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*March 6, 2008
*MNDL0803.06

-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Gray Partridge
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Horned Lark
Boreal Chickadee
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting
Common Redpoll
American Goldfinch
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: March 6, 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, March 6,
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.

We are ending a quite wintry week, but the sun is moving north and has
some power. This has caused some problems with ice on the highways due
to wind blowing snow over the roads. Care is needed as there are icy
patches on all roads. Owls are in the news this week.

A BOREAL OWL was spotted and photographed by Gerald Ausmus on the
outskirts of Baudette in Lake of the Woods County on March 1. The bird
was only there for a few hours on that day, apparently resting.

Larry Wilebski saw two SNOWY OWLS in Kittson County on February 29. One
was between Orleans and Humboldt and the other between Humboldt and
Northcote. He also has seen two small coveys of GRAY PARTRIDGE in
northwest Kittson County this week.

In Red Lake County near Oklee, Anita Vettleson has heard a GREAT HORNED
OWL hooting near her yard on the weekend.

>From Polk County, Nathaniel Emery observed two SNOWY OWLS at Glacial
Ridge NWR on March 5. Both were along the road leading past the gravel
company building along US 2. Directions are 3.5 miles west of MN 32,
turn left past the gravel company building visible on the crest of the
hill and follow the road south to CR 45. The spot where the birds were
seen is marked with a lathe bearing a brown baseball cap. Other species
being seen there regularly include GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, SHARP-TAILED
GROUSE, HORNED LARK, SNOW BUNTINGS, and COMMON REDPOLLS. Bruce Flaig
reported that the NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL that he reported last week has
returned to his yard in the southern part of the county.

Patrick Beauzay reported that two BOREAL CHICKADEES and 3 Oregon race
DARK-EYED JUNCOS are still hanging around his cabin near Park Rapids in
Hubbard County. Other species seen there include RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER,
one AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, and a large flock of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES.
Direction to his place are: take MN 34 east for three miles, turn south
on CR 20 for four miles, west on 150th St about one mile, left on Circle
Pines Drive. The birds are coming to a feeder at #14745. About 50
TRUMPETER SWANS can be seen on the Fish Hook River near its outlet from
Fish Hook Lake.

Thanks to Anita Vettleson, Bruce Flaig, Gerald Ausmus, Larry Wilebski,
Nathaniel Emery, and Patrick Beauzay 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, March 13,
2008.


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN


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