Minnesota Detroit Lakes RBA
Minnesota Detroit Lakes RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *October 19, 2006 *MNDL0610.19-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 19, 2006
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 20, 2006 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.
Leaves are only a memory now, and the temperatures are flirting with the freezing mark this week in the northwest. Scoters and gray jays are showing up in the birding reports on both sides of the Red River, and the last sparrows are making their way out of the area.
Ben Fritchman passed on a very good sighting of 20 SNOW GEESE at Lake Latimer just south of Long Prairie in Todd County this week.
In Clay County on October 15, Bonnie Schultz reported a GRAY JAY at her place near Glyndon. The bird was not relocated by several birders in recent days, but permission has been obtained for birders to come look for the bird from the roadway or you may come to the door and ask if it has been seen recently. Directions to the location are as follows: From the intersection of US 10 and MN 9, go one mile south and one mile east on 12th Ave to 1222 145 St S. On looking at the map, it looks as if that might be only 0.5 mi east.
Matt Mecklenburg visited Johnson Park in Moorhead, Clay County, on October 19 where he found the expected CHIPPING SPARROWS, WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and PURPLE FINCH; in addition there was a GREAT HORNED OWL. At the Moorhead wastewater treatment ponds on October 18, Ben Fritchman found three SNOW GEESE, an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, one KILLDEER, and 12 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS. Patrick Beauzay, near the entrance to Buffalo River State Park, found most of the same species and also 7 HOODED MERGANSERS, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, GOLDEN -CROWNED KINGLET, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BROWN CREEPER, and PINE SISKIN.
There were four SURF SCOTERS at the Thief River Falls wastewater treatment ponds in Pennington County on October 15. They were in the far southeastern corner of the most southerly cell. Other species seen there included SNOW GOOSE, CANADA GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, many ducks of a nice variety of species, and a WESTERN MEADOWLARK. Zeann Linder reported a flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS at her home on October 15, and a possible LINCOLN'S SPARROW on October 17. On October 19, four EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and one TREE SPARROW appeared in our yard near Thief River Falls.
At Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge on October 15, I found CACKLING GEESE, 5 TRUMPETER SWANS, BALD EAGLES, NORTHERN HARRIERS, RED-TAILED HAWKS, 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 4 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON'S SNIPE, and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD. Many of those species were along CR 7 east of the headquarters building.
Pat Rice in Beltrami County reported RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO at their place near Bemidji on October 16.
From Lake of the Woods County, Martin Kehoe reported seeing five groups of SPRUCE GROUSE totaling 24 individuals within the last two weeks. He also found one AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER, two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, and some BOREAL CHICKADEES. He noted that small mammal populations have exploded in the Beltrami Island State Forest this summer which bodes well for owls and goshawks this winter.
Thanks to Ben Fritchman, Bob O'Connor, Bonnie Schultz, Martin Kehoe, Matt Mecklenburg, Pat Rice, Patrick Beauzay, and Zeann Linder 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 27, 2006.
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