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*January 6, 2005
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-Birds mentioned

• Trumpeter Swan
• Mallard
• Northern Pintail
• Gadwall
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Barred Owl
• Great Gray Owl
• Horned Lark
• Brown Creeper
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• American Robin
• Bohemian Waxwing
• Cedar Waxwing
• Northern Shrike
• Northern Cardinal
• Snow Bunting
• Rusty Blackbird
• Common Redpoll
• Hoary Redpoll
• Pine Siskin

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: January 6, 2005
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 7, 2005 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.

If we had any previous doubts, we cannot now doubt that it is winter here. There were numerous reports of low temperatures as low as forty degrees below zero this week. Also this is certainly the Midwest, as those lows came on the heels of an ice storm. If you don't like the weather here, just wait a minute.

Benjamin Fritchman reported from Todd County on the Long Prairie CBC held on New Year's Day. Thirty-seven species were tallied. Highlights included several MALLARDS, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, RED-TAILED HAWK, BARRED OWL, HORNED LARK, BROWN CREEPER, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, AMERICAN ROBIN, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, CEDAR WAXWING, SNOW BUNTING, COMMON REDPOLLS, HOARY REDPOLL, and PINE SISKINS.

>From Otter Tail County, Eddy Edwards reported on the Battle Lake CBC held on January 2nd where forty-two species were found. They included a record count of 468 TRUMPETER SWANS, record numbers of NORTHERN PINTAILS, BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, 17 NORTHERN CARDINALS, and a record number of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.

On January 2nd, Doug Johnson found one of the GREAT GRAY OWLS reported earlier in Hubbard County four miles south of MN 200 on MN 64 1/4 mile south of the Forest Edge Winery.

In Beltrami County, Doug Johnson reported that the GADWALL is still present at the Mississippi River inlet to Lake Bemidji on January 3rd. Katie Haws found a GREAT GRAY OWL on December 26th, east of Island Lake thirty miles north of Bemidji along MN 89, and a NORTHERN SHRIKE near Nebish. Jack Armstrong on the way home to Illinois on December 30th observed about 120 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in Kelliher.

On January 6th, many small flocks of SNOW BUNTINGS were seen in Polk County between Thief River Falls and East Grand Forks.

A flock of about fifty BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen in a single tree along 8th Street in Thief River Falls, Pennington County, on the morning of January 6th.

Cliff Steinhauer saw a GREAT GRAY OWL on January 4th hunting in sections one and two of Excel township of Marshall County.

Thanks to Eddy Edwards, Cliff Steinhauer, Doug Johnson, Katie Haws, Jack Armstrong, and Benjamin Fritchman 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 14, 2005.

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