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-Birds mentioned

• Common Loon
• Clark's Grebe
• Great Egret
• Snowy Egret
• Cattle Egret
• Tundra Swan
• Cooper's Hawk
• Merlin
• Semipalmated Plover
• Killdeer
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Stilt Sandpiper
• Wilson's Snipe
• Bonaparte's Gull
• Gray Jay
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• Scarlet Tanager
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• Baltimore Oriole
• Evening Grosbeak

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 19, 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)
id 09705-02 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:28:31 -0500 (CDT)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, August 20, 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.

It certainly seems as if summer, if we had one, is winding down. On Thursday morning, there were a few reports of light frost on the south side of Thief River Falls in Pennington County. We expect the fall migration will become quite obvious in the near future, as the days shorten, and the nights cool.

First , a correction. Due to an error in transcription of a phone message, we reported that Millie Gildersleeve in Becker County saw a cardinal pair with 9 young. She called again to say that it was "big" young, not nine of them, so if any others of you wondered as I did about the number, that is the explanation. Millie, we're sorry that we misquoted you.

This week I have a report from Celeste Colson at the Northwest Angle of Lake of the Woods in the county of the same name. She reports TUNDRA SWANS, COMMON LOON, GRAY JAY, and EVENING GROSBEAK .

Melanie Torkelson reported that a small flock of GREAT EGRETS was seen this week on Pool 1 east at the Roseau River WMA.

>From Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County, Kari Odefey counted the shorebirds on Middle CCC Pool in the interior of the refuge on August 15th, and she reported that the numbers were substantially down from the previous high of over 1000 birds on August 2nd. This is possibly due to recent rains which have changed the water levels in the pools. 155 birds of 9 species were reported on the 15th.They included KILLDEER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, dowitcher species, and WILSON'S SNIPE.

I checked the wastewater treatment ponds at Crookston, Thief River Falls, and Red Lake Falls on the weekend, and found them nearly devoid of birds. Even goose and duck numbers seemed to be down.

Here in Pennington County, the first RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH of the fall season has just appeared at the sunflower feeder.

Mike Christopherson had a COOPER'S HAWK hunting at his feeder in Crookston on August 17th.

Becker County birds reported by Mary Wyatt included immature MERLINS at Hamden Slough NWR this week. A BONAPARTE'S GULL was seen flying over the refuge. Her feeder was busy with SCARLET TANAGERS, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, and BALTIMORE ORIOLES.

Kim Eckert's Minnesota Birding Weekends trip was in Grant and Douglas Counties last weekend. In Grant County they found a SNOWY EGRET along State Hwy 79, 1.5 mi W of the Douglas Co line; another was just E of Grant Co Rd 4 & just N of I-94 (there is no exit off I-94 here); from Ashby, go 2.5 mi W & 1 mi S on Co Rd 4). Forty-five CATTLE EGRETS were counted in a pasture south of Pelican Lake. For these: from State Hwy 78, turn E on Co Rd 54 just N of I-94, go E about 2.5 mi, and then N to the pasture.

In Douglas County, Kim's group found two or three CLARK'S GREBES on Lake Osakis from the park in the town of Osakis.

Thanks to Celeste Colson, Millie Gildersleeve, Kari Odefey, Mary Wyatt, Melanie Torkelson, Alex Wendorf, and Kim Eckert 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, August 27, 2004.

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