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*January 23, 2003
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-Birds mentioned

• Trumpeter Swan
• Canada Goose
• Bald Eagle
• Northern Goshawk
• Greater Prairie-Chicken
• Sharp-tailed Grouse
• Mourning Dove
• Great Horned Owl
• Black-billed Magpie
• Common Raven
• Boreal Chickadee
• Varied Thrush
• American Tree Sparrow
• Snow Bunting
• Yellow-headed Blackbird
• Common Grackle
• Pine Grosbeak

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: January 23, 2003
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@wiktel.com)
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This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, January 24, 2003 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.

Not many intrepid birders were out and about this frigid week. The birds seemed to be hunkering down also.

The VARIED THRUSH was spotted again at the campus of Minnesota State University, Moorhead, on Wednesday, January 22nd. Rick Gjervold found it pecking around the base of a pine near the preschool playground area.

Roseau County birds reported this week by Gretchen Mehmel included a NORTHERN GOSHAWK 2 miles west of Roosevelt at the north end of the Roosevelt Forest Road. At the Norris Camp feeders in Lake of the Woods County, she reports that there are PINE GROSBEAKS .

Doug Johnson found four BOREAL CHICKADEES in Beltrami County south of the Red Lake Peatlands SNA about 8 miles north of Waskish on Highway 72. In the same area a SHARP-TAILED GROUSE was feeding on alder buds along the highway. A YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was found at a farm feedlot about 4 miles northeast of Waskish, along with a COMMON GRACKLE and BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES.

Shelley Steva saw an immature BALD EAGLE in Polk County three miles west of Sherack on January 16th.

Two COMMON RAVENS were seen at the Pembina WMA in Pennington County on the same day. A GREAT HORNED OWL was spotted on Thursday morning two miles south of the movie theatre along Highway 59. One day this week a CANADA GOOSE landed in the parking lot at the Petro Pumper convenience store in Thief River Falls- wonder if he was looking for some hot cocoa?

I looked for the Townsend's Solitaire in East Grand Forks on Saturday, and did not find it. Also the fruit in the area where it had been hanging out with the robins appeared to have all been eaten, so the birds must have moved to a new area, and will require some searching to relocate.

Clay County birds reported by Rick Gjervold included two GREATER PRAIRIE- CHICKENS at the Bicentennial Prairie near Felton. Along Clay County Road 26, he saw a small flock of SNOW BUNTINGS.

>From Ottertail County, Alma Ronningen reported a GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN north of Barnesville on January 20th. There were two TRUMPETER SWANS in the Ottertail River on Tuesday. Feeder birds included a MOURNING DOVE, and 6-8 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS.

Thanks to Shelley Steva, Gretchen Mehmel, Doug Johnson, Rick Gjervold, and Alma Ronningen for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.com OR call the Detroit Lakes Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, January 31, 2003.

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