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*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*October 05, 2001
*MNDL0110.005

-Birds mentioned

• Tundra Swan
• Snow Goose
• Northern Harrier
• Merlin
• Sandhill Crane
• American Golden-Plover
• Killdeer
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Least Sandpiper
• Baird's Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Stilt Sandpiper
• Common Snipe
• Franklin's Gull
• Great Gray Owl
• Short-eared Owl
• Black-billed Magpie
• Common Raven
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Eastern Bluebird
• Yellow-throated Vireo
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Pine Warbler
• Palm Warbler
• Common Yellowthroat
• American Tree Sparrow
• Chipping Sparrow
• Clay-colored Sparrow
• Savannah Sparrow
• Lincoln's Sparrow
• Swamp Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Harris's Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Lapland Longspur
• Meadowlark (species)
• Rusty Blackbird

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 05, 2001
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)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, October 5th, 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.

On September 30th, Dorothy Russell found SANDHILL CRANES along CR 45 in Polk County, and on October 5th Rick Julian again reported a large number of birds in the same area. Upon further investigation on the 5th, 1200 birds were found there, approximately 2 miles west of State Hwy. 32. Other birds in the area included NORTHERN HARRIER, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, COMMON RAVEN, MEADOWLARK, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW and DARK-EYED JUNCO. Farther west down the road at the Pembina Trail Preserve SNA there was a large bull moose!

Shelley Steva and Jeanie Joppru visited the rice paddies in Red Lake County on September 30th and found a variety of birds including SNOW GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, KILLDEER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, COMMON SNIPE, DARK-EYED JUNCO, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW and HARRIS'S SPARROW.

Also on the 30th, Glenn Browne reported many YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and PALM WARBLERS, along with WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS near Lancaster in Kittson County.

Dorothy Russell found SHORT-EARED OWL, HARRIS'S SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW and LINCOLN'S SPARROW in Red Lake County on October 2nd.

And last, but certainly not least, Beth Siverhus found a GREAT GRAY OWL near the Bednar Forest Road in the Beltrami Island State Forest, Roseau County, approximately a week ago.

Other migrants reported this week include AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, FRANKLIN'S GULL, MERLIN, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, CHIPPING SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW and RUSTY BLACKBIRD.

Many thanks to everyone who shared sightings this week!

If you have interesting birds to report, contact Betsy Beneke by e-mail, no later than Thursday each week, at: betsybeneke@lakesnet.net OR call the Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202.

The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, October12th.

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