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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *February 20, 2003 *MNDL0302.20 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: February 20, 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)
This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, February 21, 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.
In spite of the cold weather, some signs of spring have been reported, and we are definitely getting more hours of daylight now.
The BARROW'S GOLDENEYE is still coming to the levee in Fergus Falls. Directions to the levee are as follows: From 1-94, take exit 57, turn right at the top of the ramp and go about a half mile, then veer left onto County Road 25 which is Cascade Avenue. Stay on Cascade until you reach the stop light at Lincoln Avenue, turn right onto Lincoln. One block later, turn left onto Whitford ( which becomes Friberg). Two blocks later at a 4-way stop at Summit, turn right onto Summit , take the next right and follow this road to the water. The road curves past an area where people feed resident geese and ducks. The Barrow's has been seen in the evenings just to the east of this feeding area.=20
Gretchen Mehmel observed a NORTHERN GOSHAWK near Norris Camp in Lake of the Woods County, and there are PINE GROSBEAKS at the camp feeders.
Linda Johnson reported from Marshall County that six DARK-EYED JUNCOS have been hanging out at her bird feeder, and a PILEATED WOODPECKER is eating berries off the pin cherry tree.
In Red Lake County, an AMERICAN ROBIN was reported in the town of Plummer.
Polk County sightings reported by Leon and Donna Thoreson include a BROWN CREEPER, GREAT HORNED OWL, SNOW BUNTINGS, PILEATED WOODPECKER, as well as the usual chickadees, nuthatches, and woodpeckers.
Ron Erpelding found a BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE in Clay County, and also reported that the VARIED THRUSH is still being seen at the MSUM campus as recently as Saturday, February 15th.
Now for the most spring-like sighting- that of a puzzled looking KILLDEER on the airport road one mile east of Detroit Lakes, Becker County along Highway 10 on February 20th. Duane and Marilyn Olson have a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at their feeder in Lake Park. A BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE was reported in Curt Haugen's yard near Audubon. Tim Green saw a BALD EAGLE near the east side of Shell Lake, and about a dozen WILD TURKEYS were sighted near the gravel pit west of Detroit Lakes. He also reported a PILEATED WOODPECKER near the Pelican River by Highway 34 east of Detroit Lakes. An AMERICAN ROBIN was seen a mile north of Detroit Lakes on February 13th.
Tim Green reported about 25 WILD TURKEYS just north of Trowbridge Lake between Vergas and Detroit Lakes in Ottertail County, and there were MALLARDS and CANADA GEESE in the Pelican River just south of the Becker County line. Alma Ronningen sent in the first report of HORNED LARKS along County Road 1 north of Fergus Falls on Thursday. Two BALD EAGLES were also seen.
Thanks to Gretchen Mehmel, Linda Johnson, Ron Erpelding, Tim Green, Curt Haugen, Duane and Marilyn Olson, and Leon and Donna Thoreson 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, February 28, 2003.
