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*October 11, 2001
*MNDL0110.11

-Birds mentioned

• Meadowlark
• Tundra Swan
• Snow Goose
• Mallard
• Bald Eagle
• Northern Harrier
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Merlin
• Spruce Grouse
• Sandhill Crane
• American Golden-Plover
• Semipalmated Plover
• Killdeer
• Greater Yellowlegs
• White-rumped Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Stilt Sandpiper
• American Woodcock
• Short-eared Owl
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Gray Jay
• Black-billed Magpie
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Eastern Bluebird
• American Robin
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Vesper Sparrow
• Savannah Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow
• Lincoln's Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Harris's Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Lapland Longspur
• Pine Siskin
• Evening Grosbeak

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 11, 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)
Cc: ahertzel@qwest.net

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, October 12th, 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.

Migration continues with numerous reports of flocks of AMERICAN ROBINS, WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, HARRIS'S SPARROWS and DARK-EYED JUNCOS in the northwest.

At the Crookston Sewage Ponds in Polk County on the 9th, waterfowl were numerous, including a few TUNDRA SWANS and SNOW GEESE. Shorebirds found were AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and STILT SANDPIPER. Other migrants included FOX SPARROW and LAPLAND LONGSPUR.

A MERLIN was in the town of Argyle in Marshall County on the 9th.

In a field near the Warren sewage ponds in Marshall County on the 9th, a flock of over 800 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were observed.

In Polk County on the 10th, approximately 1800 SANDHILL CRANES were in the fields along CR 45 west of State Hwy. 32, along with about 1000 MALLARDS. There were also several hundred cranes 3 miles north of Karlstad in Kittson Co. on the 7th and near the Wetlands, Pines and Prairie Audubon Sanctuary in Polk County during the week.

Jeanie Joppru had EASTERN BLUEBIRD and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER in her yard near Thief River Falls in Pennington County on the 7th.

Other birds reported this week were BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN HARRIER, RED-TAILED HAWK, SPRUCE GROUSE (northwest angle), AMERICAN WOODCOCK, SHORT-EARED OWL, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, GRAY JAY, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, VESPER SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, MEADOWLARK, PINE SISKIN and EVENING GROSBEAK.

Thanks also to Celeste Colson, Dorothy Russell, Alma Ronningen, Pat DeWenter, Sally Hausken, Blane Klemek and Gladwin Lynne for providing information 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, October 19th.

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