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*October 7, 2004
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-Birds mentioned

• Rough-legged Hawk
• Merlin
• Spruce Grouse
• Black-bellied Plover
• American Golden-Plover
• Black-billed Magpie
• White-throated Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Purple Finch

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 7, 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, October 8, 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 has been a great week weather-wise, but migration activity seems to have slowed a bit. Fall colors this year seem to be somewhat subdued but are progressing. Windy conditions have blown off many of the colored leaves, while the green or greenish ones continue to hang on.

In Lake of the Woods County, Gretchen Mehmel saw a SPRUCE GROUSE and a BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE near Norris Camp in the Beltrami Island State Forest on October 3rd.

Here in Pennington County, I saw a MERLIN fly across US Highway 1 at the east edge of Thief River Falls on October 4th. DARK-EYED JUNCO numbers are increasing at the feeder, and a few WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS are scratching among the fallen leaves.

Pat DeWenter in Bemidji, Beltrami County, reported that hundreds of DARK-EYED JUNCOS have moved into that area, and about twelve PURPLE FINCHES are also coming to her feeder.

CACKLING GEESE were reported from both Clay County and Wilkin County on October 3rd. Those in Wilkin County were found at the Breckenridge wastewater treatment ponds, while those in Clay County were at the Barnesville wastewater treatment ponds and in the Felton Prairie area. .

Also at the Breckenridge wastewater treatment ponds in Wilkin County were 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, and one AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was observed at the Rothsay Wildlife Management Area - all on October 3rd.

Thanks to Gretchen Mehmel, Peder Svingen, and Pat DeWenter 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, October 15, 2004.

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