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*December 13, 2007
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• Canada Goose
• Trumpeter Swan
• Mallard
• Common Goldeneye
• Ring-necked Pheasant
• Ruffed Grouse
• Wild Turkey
• Bald Eagle
• American Coot
• Northern Flicker
• Northern Shrike
• Gray Jay
• Blue Jay
• Black-billed Magpie
• American Robin
• White-throated Sparrow
• Snow Bunting
• Common Grackle
• Pine Grosbeak
• Common Redpoll
• American Goldfinch

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: December 13, 2007
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 Thursday, December 13, 2007 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. A real taste of winter arrived this week, but until Thursday, there has been little wind, so we have a Christmas card look to the landscape. Snow blankets everything evenly and it has surely been beautiful with the brilliant sunshine. All that threatens to change with high winds buffeting the area Thursday morning. Gretchen Mehmel at Norris Camp in the Beltrami Island State Forest in Lake of the Woods reported NORTHERN SHRIKE, GRAY JAY, and PINE GROSBEAKS at the camp feeder on December 6. In Kittson County, Larry Wilebski has most of the same birds mentioned last week including 3 WILD TURKEYS, 7 BLUE JAYS, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, 21 PINE GROSBEAKS, and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH at his cabin northwest of Lancaster. Mary Lou Marchand in Bemidji, Beltrami County, saw two AMERICAN ROBINS in her yard on December 11. She also reported a RING-NECKED PHEASANT on MN 71 S. Kelly Larson saw BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN SHRIKE, and BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE in Beltrami County this week. Kelly Larson reported seeing flocks of 150 or more SNOW BUNTINGS in Beltrami, Clearwater , and Polk Counties this week. In Clearwater County near Bagley Kelly reported BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, PINE GROSBEAKS, and COMMON REDPOLL. On December 11, Linda Johnson in Marshall County near Warren reported SNOW BUNTINGS, and 10-12 PINE GROSBEAKS. Amy Drake near Walker Lake in Otter Tail County reported PINE GROSBEAKS on December 7 increasing in numbers all week.Dan and Sandy Thimgan observed TRUMPETER SWANS at the extreme end of Otter Tail Lake where the river exits on December 10. At the levee in Fergus Falls, they found CANADA GOOSE, MALLARD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, and AMERICAN COOT. In county open areas were RING-NECKED PHEASANT, WILD TURKEY, RUFFED GROUSE, and at home at the feeders were a single NORTHERN FLICKER, an AMERICAN ROBIN on December 13, and a COMMON GRACKLE. 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. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, December 20, 2007.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN  

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