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-Birds mentioned

• Bald Eagle
• Northern Goshawk
• Rough-legged Hawk
• Merlin
• Spruce Grouse
• Ruffed Grouse
• Sharp-tailed Grouse
• Great Horned Owl
• Northern Hawk Owl
• Great Gray Owl
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Black-backed Woodpecker
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Gray Jay
• Common Raven
• Brown Creeper
• Bohemian Waxwing
• Northern Shrike
• Northern Cardinal
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Snow Bunting
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Pine Grosbeak
• Red Crossbill
• White-winged Crossbill
• Common Redpoll
• American Goldfinch
• Evening Grosbeak

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: January 1, 2004
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, January 2, 2004 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.

New Year's has come and gone, and the weather promises to become more like January, starting immediately. Many birders have been out and about getting a good start on their 2004 sightings.

Shar Legenhausen in Becker County, reported that she has had a BROWN CREEPER and COMMON REDPOLLS at her feeder, and that EVENING GROSBEAKS showed up on the Christmas Bird Count on December 20th.

In Polk County, Michelle McDowell sighted a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at a feeder in Climax. Donna and Leon Thoresen have , among other species, 7 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, 58 SNOW BUNTINGS, COMMON REDPOLLS, and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH at their feeders , also near Climax.

On December 27th, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK and some WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen in Red Lake County.

There are COMMON REDPOLLS at our feeder near Thief River Falls in Pennington County. Peder Svingen reported a probable MERLIN seen near the elevators in Thief River Falls on December 28th.

In Marshall County, among other species seen on the Warren Christmas Bird Count on December 28th were RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, a pair of NORTHERN CARDINALS, and three RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS. Also on December 28th, four ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, GREAT HORNED OWL, three NORTHERN SHRIKES and COMMON RAVEN were seen in that county. On December 31st, I observed a flock of about 200 SNOW BUNTINGS in the northeastern part of Marshall County.

Roseau Christmas Bird Count turned up no less than 15 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS. Other species tallied included NORTHERN GOSHAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 16 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, two NORTHERN SHRIKES, 280 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, SNOW BUNTINGS, PINE GROSBEAK, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH.

The Beltrami Island Christmas Bird Count in Lake of the Woods County was held on January 1st. Nineteen species were tallied on count day, and two more were seen during the count week unofficially. They included BALD EAGLE, two NORTHERN GOSHAWKS, RUFFED GROUSE, NORTHERN HAWK OWL, BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER, GRAY JAY, COMMON RAVEN, PINE GROSBEAK, RED CROSSBILL, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, COMMON REDPOLL and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. Seen during count week were SPRUCE GROUSE and two GREAT GRAY OWLS.

Thanks to Paul and Diana Morkassel, Michelle McDowell, David Alexander, Shar Legenhausen, and Beth Siverhus 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. 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, January 9, 2004.

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