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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *January 13, 2005 *MNDL0501.13 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: January 13, 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 14, 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.
Old Man Winter certainly has a grip on the northwest these days. Temperatures are falling daily after a snowfall on the weekend. There are crystal clear nights and blinding white days, and the snow crunches underfoot.
This week's report is all about owls. They are definitely moving south and west this week after the episodes of freezing rain and snow that has fallen in the northeast. I have reports this week of Great Gray Owls from Roseau, Marshall, Polk, Mahnomen, Beltrami, Becker, Clearwater, and Hubbard Counties. There is also a report of a Northern Hawk Owl in Norman County. I will not give exact locations for all of these, but if anyone wants to know where to look in a given county, email me and I'll supply the locations where the owls were seen.
Gary Tischer reported that on Sunday, January 9th, he saw 5 GREAT GRAY OWLS along MN 11 between Greenbush and Badger in Roseau County.
In Marshall County, at least two GREAT GRAY OWLS have been seen west of CR 12 north of CR 117 this week. Maggie Anderson saw a SHORT-EARED OWL near the intersection of CR 12 and CR 7. Elsewhere in Marshall County, Linda Johnson had a large flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS visit her yard this week.
Rick Benson saw a GREAT GRAY OWL in Eden Township in northeastern Polk County on January 5th. Bruce Flaig reported both COMMON REDPOLLS, and HOARY REDPOLLS in Polk County on January 13th. He also had a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER visit the yard on that day.
Gary and Marion Otnes found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Norman County on January 8th one half mile south of Gary along MN 32. Another or the same owl was seen by Bruce Flaig near the intersection of MN 32 and MN 200 on January 13th. Gary Otnes also reported a COMMON RAVEN two miles north of Syre along MN 32, and an AMERICAN ROBIN in the town of Ulen.
While surveying for owls on the weekend, Herb Dingmann and Ron Erpelding found a GREAT GRAY OWL in Mahnomen County along MN 200 3.7 miles west of CR 4.
In Hubbard County, Bill Unzen observed two GREAT GRAY OWLS along MN 71 on January 11th. Herb Dingmann and Ron Erpelding reported one along MN 64 two miles south of MN 200, and one a quarter mile west of CR 36 along MN 200. Connie Norheim found two BARRED OWLS in Hubbard County on January 8th - one east of Park Rapids along MN 34 and one south of Akeley along MN 64.
Four GREAT GRAY OWLS in Beltrami County were reported by Herb Dingmann and Ron Erpelding, and I observed at least one more on Sunday, January 9th, while traveling through the Red Lake Indian Reservation on MN 1.
Melissa Galland reported a GREAT GRAY OWL northeast of Clearbrook in Leon Township, Clearwater County, on January 9th. Another was seen overlooking Lower Red Lake in Clearwater County on the same day. Herb Dingmann reported a flock of RED CROSSBILLS at the north entrance to Itasca State Park on the weekend.
A GREAT GRAY OWL was observed in Becker County last weekend along MN 113 seven miles west of MN 71. Shar Legenhausen had a NORTHERN SHRIKE in her yard on January 9th and 10th, while Art Bakker had a NORTHERN CARDINAL in his yard along Becker CR 25.
Thanks to Herb Dingmann, Shar Legenhausen, Bill Unzen, Rick Benson, Bruce Flaig, Connie Norheim, Gary Tischer, Maggie Anderson, and Gary Otnes 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 21, 2005.
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