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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *November 2, 2006 *MNDL0611.02-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: November 2, 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, November 3, 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.
This week we have experienced a tickling of winter in the area as cold temperatures and a little snow arrived early in the week. Still waters have a skin of ice, so waterfowl are concentrated in any open patch of water they can find.
Gary and Marion Otnes were birding in Otter Tail County on October 28 where they found good numbers of most common species of ducks including 11 COMMON GOLDENEYE; other species seen included 8 COMMON LOONS, 5 PIED-BILLED GREBES, and several large flocks of BONAPARTE'S GULLS.
In Polk County on October 28, manager Pam Wockenfuss and I saw 2 of the three GRAY JAYS that she reported have been hanging around for the last couple of weeks. At the Crookston wastewater treatment ponds on Sunday there were thousands of geese including GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, SNOW GEESE, ROSS'S GEESE, CANADA GEESE, and CACKLING GEESE; one female COMMON GOLDENEYE and 3 EARED GREBES were among the waterfowl. I would suspect that the numbers are greatly reduced since the coming of the colder weather. Elsewhere in the county SNOW BUNTINGS were seen in several places.
In Red Lake County, Shelley Steva saw 200 SNOW BUNTINGS about 4 miles east of Plummer on November 2.
Shelley reported a late YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER in Thief River Falls on October 28, and on November 2, she saw a RUSTY BLACKBIRD along US 59 in Pennington County. On October 28 there were 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at the Thief River Falls Wastewater Treatment Ponds, and on the 29th, I was unable to relocate them but found a flock of 25 SNOW BUNTINGS there. Also on October 29, I saw 20 GRAY PARTRIDGE along CR 10 about 2 miles south of CR 21.
Dana Jenkins reported a BALD EAGLE seen along US 59 a short distance north of CR 2 in Marshall County on November 2.
From Beltrami County, Pat Rice reported a TREE SPARROW on October 28, and RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and FOX SPARROW on October 30. At Stump Lake on October 31, she saw 6 COMMON GOLDENEYE, and 6 AMERICAN GOLDFINCH.
Thanks to Gary and Marion Otnes, 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, November 10, 2006.
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