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*September 30, 2010
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• Sandhill Crane
• Mourning Dove
• Common Nighthawk
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Gray Jay
• Blue Jay
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• American Robin
• Lapland Longspur
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Nashville Warbler
• Yellow Warbler
• Magnolia Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• American Redstart
• Ovenbird
• Common Yellowthroat
• Eastern Towhee
• Fox Sparrow
• Lincoln's Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Harris's Sparrow
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Purple Finch

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 30, 2010
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, September 30, 2010 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 closing in on the last of the migration, and leaves are falling fast with the winds of the past few sunny days. Most obvious migrants this week are the sparrows, and many robins are coming through.

On September 19, Beth Siverhus reported flocks of LAPLAND LONGSPURS along the road to the Northwest Angle of Lake of the Woods. GRAY JAYS were also seen there.

In Warroad , Roseau County, Beth observed AMERICAN REDSTARTS, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS on September 28.

Here in Pennington County, on September 26, I saw two late COMMON NIGHTHAWKS bug catching in the early evening while on my way home from work. On September 28, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and many AMERICAN ROBINS arrived in the yard. WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, HARRIS'S SPARROWS, and PURPLE FINCHES joined them on September 29. The finches have been here off and on for awhile.

Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks, Polk County, on September 25, saw RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, FOX SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW in her yard. Donna and Leon Thoreson reported OVENBIRD near Climax on September 23.

Brad and Dee Ehlers in Otter Tail County saw some SANDHILL CRANES, 35 MOURNING DOVES, an immature RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD,and an EASTERN TOWHEE on September 24, and on September 27 , a loose flock of 43 BLUE JAYS heading south.

Thanks to Beth Siverhus, Brad and Dee Ehlers, Donna and Leon Thoreson, and Sandy Aubol 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, October 7, 2010

Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN

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