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*September 24, 2015
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• Trumpeter Swan
• Osprey
• Osprey
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Cooper's Hawk
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• Brown Creeper
• Winter Wren
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Eastern Bluebird
• Tennessee Warbler
• Nashville Warbler
• Common Yellowthroat
• American Redstart
• Palm Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Fox Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Harris's Sparrow
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Pine Siskin

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 24, 2015
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@mncable.net)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, September 24, 2015 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.

Slowly we are slipping into fall in the northwest. The colors are gradually changing with yellows and a few reds now showing up. Migration is also picking up. Warblers are being reported from the Red River Valley, and many soaring hawks can be seen in the skies.

From Grant County, Charlene Nelson reported a NASHVILLE WARBLER on September 12, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and DARK-EYED JUNCO on the 18th, and on September 23rd she saw a BROWN CREEPER, and many YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.

Alma Ronningen in Otter Tail County reported that the TRUMPETER SWANS nearby her place raised 6 cygnets this summer, and the OSPREY pair had two young. On September 24 she saw a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH at her yard near Elbow Lake.

From Polk County, Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks, reported SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, HARRIS'S SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO, PALM WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and PINE SISKIN. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW appeared in her yard on September 23.

Here in Pennington County near Thief River Falls, there were NASHVILLE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, TENNESSEE WARBLER, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER on September 16. A COOPER'S HAWK came to hunt in the yard on September 17. Today we were visited by 25-30 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and a small wave of migrating YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS that also included a couple of NASHVILLE WARBLERS came to catch flying insects in the oak trees. We also had two DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and a group of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS could be heard in the neighborhood.

Thanks to Alma Ronningen, Charlene Nelson, and Sandy Aubol for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@mncable.net 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 1, 2015.

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