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*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*September 29, 2000
*MNDL0009.29

-Birds mentioned

• Great Egret
• Trumpeter Swan
• Turkey Vulture
• Northern Harrier
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Common Snipe
• American Woodcock
• Great Gray Owl
• Red-headed Woodpecker
• Northern Flicker
• Eastern Phoebe
• Gray Jay
• Common Raven
• Tennessee Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Pine Warbler
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Evening Grosbeak

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 29, 2000
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Betsy Beneke (BetsyBeneke@lakesnet.net)
Transcriber: Betsy Beneke (BetsyBeneke@lakesnet.net)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, September 29th sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Lakes Area Birding Club. You may also hear this report by calling 1-800-433-1888 or (218) 847-5743.

Migrants continue to make their way through our area. Red-tailed hawks, flickers, bluejays, bluebirds, white-throated, white-crowned, fox and other more common sparrows and yellow-rumped warblers are numerous. Early migrant ring-necked ducks are being seen in good numbers on area lakes.

>From Norris Camp in the Red Lake WMA in Lake of the Woods Co. this past week, Gretchen Mehmel reports SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, NORTHERN HARRIER, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, GRAY JAY, DARK-EYED JUNCO, TURKEY VULTURE, NORTHERN FLICKER and COMMON RAVEN. A "non-bird" observation, a bobcat, was also in the area. A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen along Roosevelt Forest Road just north of Norris Camp.

>From the Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge in Becker Co., Bob Scherzer's report from the past week included, COMMON SNIPE, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and GREAT EGRETS, plus a variety of waterfowl.

At the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge in Becker Co., TRUMPETER SWANS are being seen daily on lakes and marshes. Also EVENING GROSBEAKS made an appearance at visitor center feeders twice in the past week and two late PINE WARBLERS were still present on the 27th.

On the 26th, two EASTERN PHOEBES, and on the 28th a lone TENNESSEE WARBLER were at the Wyatts, south of Detroit Lakes in Becker Co.

Report interesting sightings from northwestern Minnesota by Thursday each week. Contact:

betsybeneke@lakesnet.net 218-847-6681 1-800-542-3992 (Chamber of Commerce)

Thanks to everyone who shared sightings. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, October 6th.

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