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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*October 13, 2000
*MNDL0010.13

-Birds mentioned

• American White Pelican
• Great Blue Heron
• Green Heron
• Trumpeter Swan
• Snow Goose
• Canvasback
• Ring-necked Duck
• Turkey Vulture
• Bald Eagle
• Northern Harrier
• Rough-legged Hawk
• Peregrine Falcon
• Spruce Grouse
• Ruffed Grouse
• Black-bellied Plover
• American Golden-Plover
• Killdeer
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• Baird's Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Bonaparte's Gull
• Ring-billed Gull
• Sabine's Gull
• Northern Hawk Owl
• Great Gray Owl
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Eastern Bluebird
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• White-throated Sparrow
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Harris's Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 13, 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, October 13th sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Lakes Area Birding Club. You may also hear this report by calling (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

At the Crookston lagoons in Polk County on the 9th, Peder Svingen found BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS.

Another sighting on the 9th was that of two juvenile SABINE'S GULLS at the Breckenridge lagoons in Wilkin County. These birds were found by Peder Svingen also.

On a recent trip to the Northwest Angle, between Sprague and Angle Inlet, Gretchen Mehmel found NORTHERN HAWK OWL, GREAT GRAY OWL, RUFFED GROUSE, and SPRUCE GROUSE. On Lake of the Woods and other areas nearby, she observed BALD EAGLE, PEREGRINE FALCON, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER, as well as large flocks of CANVASBACKS, RING-NECKED DUCKS and SNOW GEESE.

At the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge in Becker County this week, birds observed included: AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, SNOW GOOSE, TRUMPETER SWAN, GREAT BLUE HERON, GREEN HERON, TURKEY VULTURE, NORTHERN HARRIER, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, BONAPARTE'S GULL, RING-BILLED GULL, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and many DARK-EYED JUNCOS.

Thanks also to Sally Hausken, Lowell Deede and Mary Wyatt for reports.

If you have interesting sightings from northwestern Minnesota, please report them by Thursday each week. Contact:

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

The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, October 20th.

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