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*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*September 1, 2000
*MNDL0009.01

-Birds mentioned

• American Black Duck
• Osprey
• Northern Goshawk
• Merlin
• Sandhill Crane
• Semipalmated Plover
• Killdeer
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Solitary Sandpiper
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Marbled Godwit
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• Baird's Sandpiper
• Stilt Sandpiper
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper
• Common Snipe
• Franklin's Gull
• Bonaparte's Gull
• Common Nighthawk
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Northern Flicker
• Alder Flycatcher
• Brown Creeper
• Sedge Wren
• Eastern Bluebird
• Pine Siskin

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 1, 2000
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Betsy Beneke (BetsyBeneke@lakesnet.net)
Transcriber: Betsy Beneke (BetsyBeneke@lakesnet.net)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, September 1st sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Lakes Area Birding Club. You may also hear this report by calling 1-800-433-1888 or (218) 847-5743.

Everyone is encouraged to share interesting sightings from Northwestern Minnesota. Please report them by Thursday noon to: Betsy Beneke (218) 847-2641 betsybeneke@lakesnet.net 1-800-542-3992

At the Hamden Slough NWR, Becker Co., on 8/31, shorebirds recorded included: SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, MARBLED GODWIT & COMMON SNIPE. A "Minnesota Birding Weekends" group visited Becker Co. August 25-27 and other interesting birds recorded at Hamden Slough included a Richardson's MERLIN and the AMERICAN BLACK DUCK which spent the summer there.

WARBLERS have been on the move in good numbers over the past week. A total of 19 SPECIES were observed on 8/31 and 9/1 at the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, Becker Co. Some other birds noted to be moving through the area include: BONAPARTE'S GULL, FRANKLIN'S GULL, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, SWALLOWS and BLACKBIRDS.

Three BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were observed at the Frazee Treatment Ponds in Becker Co. on 8/27.

During a weekend trip on 8/19-20, Jeannie Joppru reported from Lake of the Woods Co.: NORTHERN GOSHAWK, BROWN CREEPER, SEDGE WREN, ALDER FLYCATCHER, from Roseau Co.: SANDHILL CRANE, and from Pennington Co.: PINE SISKIN, COMMON NIGHTHAWK & EASTERN BLUEBIRD.

Shelley Steva noted OSPREYS in rural Thief River Falls on 8/19-20, a bird that isn't common in that area.

Thanks to Kim Eckert & the MN Birding Weekends Group, Mary Wyatt, Jeannie Joppru, Shar Legenhausen, Shelley Steva & Norm Carroll, for sharing sightings. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, September 8th.

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