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*August 20, 2009
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• Swainson's Hawk
• Black-bellied Plover
• Willet

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: August 20, 2009
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@q.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, August 20, 2009 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.

The past week has been so stormy that both birds and humans have hunkered down. Summer appears to have lasted all of three days, now fall weather is upon us.

Shelley Steva spotted a SWAINSON'S HAWK four miles south of Brooks in Polk County on August 17.

At Agassiz NWR in Marshall County, the weekend shorebird survey found 17 species of shorebirds. Included was one BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and one WILLET. After the storms on the weekend and earlier this week, a lot of the habitat is covered with water, and most of the birds have moved on, replaced by many brown ducks of several species.

Thanks to Shelley Steva for her report.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@q.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, August 27, 2009.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

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