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*November 13, 2003
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-Birds mentioned

• Great Blue Heron
• Green-winged Teal
• Common Merganser
• Osprey
• Bald Eagle
• Rough-legged Hawk
• Golden Eagle
• Greater Prairie-Chicken
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Short-eared Owl
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Horned Lark
• Common Raven
• Brown Creeper
• American Robin
• Bohemian Waxwing
• Northern Cardinal
• American Tree Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow
• Lapland Longspur
• Snow Bunting
• Western Meadowlark
• Rusty Blackbird
• Pine Grosbeak
• Common Redpoll
• Evening Grosbeak

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: November 13, 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, November 14, 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.

Snow blankets the area this week, although temperatures are mild, so there are more reports of feeder birds, and of the typical open country early winter birds such as longspurs, snow buntings and horned larks.

Pat Rice reported from Beltrami County that she had the first EVENING GROSBEAKS of the season at her feeder. This is a noteworthy sighting since few have been reported in recent years. She also saw quite a number of AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS in the county.

Here in Pennington County, I had two late AMERICAN ROBINS poking around in the snow looking for food the last few days, and on Sunday, November 9th, I saw a late GREAT BLUE HERON swoop down over the frozen Red Lake River, apparently looking for open water.

Polk County sightings reported by Betsy Batstone- Cunningham included 5 COMMON MERGANSERS, 2 BALD EAGLES, AMERICAN ROBINS, and COMMON REDPOLLS at the East Grand Forks wastewater treatment ponds. Heidi Hughes birded at Pancratz Prairie on November 8th, and observed 5 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 10 GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS, two WESTERN MEADOWLARKS, HORNED LARKS, SNOW BUNTINGS, and LAPLAND LONGSPURS. On the 9th, she found a OSPREY flying over the Red Lake River near the American Crystal Sugar plant, and 24 COMMON REDPOLLS near the Minakwa Country Club. On November 13,Donna and Leon Thoreson reported BROWN CREEPER, FOX SPARROW, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD in their yard near Climax.

Clay County sightings sent in by Mel and Elaine Bennefeld included a juvenile GOLDEN EAGLE, PILEATED WOODPECKER, COMMON RAVEN and SHORT-EARED OWL near the Ponderosa Golf Club. =20

Dave Hochhalter in Becker County reported a pair of NORTHERN CARDINALS at their feeder along CR 54 on November 4th. They were still visiting the feeder on November 7th. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was there too. Also in Becker County , Kay Hartness had three PINE GROSBEAKS at her feeder near Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.

On November 7, Dan and Sandy Thimgan observed GREEN-WINGED TEAL and LESSER YELLOWLEGS along the shore of West Battle Lake. 30 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were found on the west side of Silver Lake just outside of the town of Battle Lake on November 11th.=20

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. Please include the county where the sighting took place. 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, November 21, 2003.

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