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-Birds mentioned

• Turkey Vulture
• Bald Eagle
• Merlin
• Common Nighthawk
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Black-backed Woodpecker
• Northern Flicker
• Gray Jay
• Common Raven
• Bewick's Wren
• Eastern Bluebird
• Tennessee Warbler
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Black-throated Green Warbler
• Pine Warbler
• Mourning Warbler
• Savannah Sparrow
• Song Sparrow
• Lincoln's Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 25, 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, August 26, 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.

Recent rains have painted the northwest emerald green again, but cool temperatures for most of the week have reminded us that it is indeed approaching fall. Migration seems to be picking up also.

Pat Rice had a very interesting visitor to her yard in Bemidji, Beltrami County, on August 22nd- a BEWICK'S WREN made a brief appearance, and as far as I know, it has not been seen again. Other species seen there during the week included YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and SONG SPARROW.

A trip to the Red Lake WMA in the Beltrami Island State Forest in Lake of the Woods County resulted in a sighting of a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER in a stand of pines that had been burned. This location is about a mile west of Faunce Corner along the Faunce-Butterfield Road. Other species seen in Lake of the Woods County on Saturday included COMMON NIGHTHAWK, GRAY JAY, COMMON RAVEN, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, PINE WARBLER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and LINCOLN'S SPARROW.

Four TURKEY VULTURES were seen in southern Roseau County on August 20, while two were spotted in Pennington County that day. Shelley Steva reported seeing a MERLIN in Thief River Falls on August 21.

In Polk County, Shelley Steva saw a BALD EAGLE on August 21.

Thanks to Pat Rice and Shelley Steva 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, September 2, 2005.

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