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• White-winged Scoter
• Hooded Merganser
• Common Merganser
• Ruffed Grouse
• Spruce Grouse
• Sharp-tailed Grouse
• Bald Eagle
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Rough-legged Hawk
• Merlin
• Wilson's Snipe
• American Woodcock
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Northern Shrike
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• White-throated Sparrow
• Northern Cardinal
• Western Meadowlark
• Common Redpoll
• Pine Siskin

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: November 5, 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, November 5, 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.

We are currently having a reprieve from the cold temperatures , and it has been dry for the last couple of days. Migration is drawing to a close, but there are still many waterfowl in the area.

On November 1, Tom and Sheryl Smith saw a WESTERN MEADOWLARK southwest of Fergus Falls in Otter Tail County.

From western Polk County, Sandy Aubol reported the first two COMMON REDPOLLS on November 2 and a PILEATED WOODPECKER on November 3 in her yard in East Grand Forks.Other species she saw this week included SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, NORTHERN SHRIKE, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and PINE SISKIN.

Shelley Steva reported a MERLIN in Oklee in Red Lake County on November 5.

A NORTHERN CARDINAL was spotted by John Braastad in Thief River Falls in Pennington County this week.

Maggie Anderson reported from Agassiz NWR in Marshall County on November 5. 90 HOODED MERGANSERS, 4 COMMON MERGANSERS, and 6 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen on headquarters pool. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Pool 21. Other species mentioned included one WILSON'S SNIPE, one AMERICAN WOODCOCK, several BALD EAGLES, and two dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS.

Gretchen Mehmel in Lake of the Woods County observed SPRUCE GROUSE, SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, RUFFED GROUSE, BALD EAGLES, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, NORTHERN SHRIKE, and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH in the Beltrami Island State Forest this week.

Thanks to Gretchen Mehmel, John Braastad, Maggie Anderson, Sandy Aubol, Shelley Steva, and Tom and Sheryl Smith for their reports.

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, November 12, 2009.

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

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