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*Dececmber 8, 2000
*MNDL0012.08

-Birds mentioned

• Great Blue Heron
• Common Goldeneye
• Bald Eagle
• Mourning Dove
• Northern Hawk Owl
• Great Gray Owl
• Short-eared Owl
• Boreal Owl
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• Brown Creeper
• Varied Thrush
• Northern Cardinal
• White-throated Sparrow
• Rusty Blackbird
• Pine Grosbeak
• Evening Grosbeak

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: Dececmber 8, 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, December 8th, sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Lakes Area Birding Club. You may also hear this report by calling (218) 847-5743 or 1-800-433-1888.

GREAT GRAY OWLS continue to be common, with more than fifteen birds seen in Roseau, Lake of the Woods and Beltrami counties, as well as in the Angle Inlet area over the past week.

A VARIED THRUSH is still present at Gertie Carter's feeders in Roseau County as of the 7th.

Four NORTHERN HAWK OWLS and a BOREAL OWL were observed on the 3rd along Hwy. 72 in Beltrami County along the bog stretch, north of Waskish and south of Lake of the Woods CR 77.

A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in St. Vincent Township of Kittson County on November 25th.

Kay Hartness reported 25 EVENING GROSBEAKS at her feeders on Cotton Lake in Becker County on the 7th.

Joe Gartner observed a GREAT BLUE HERON at the Regional Science Center in Clay County on the 7th.

Shelley Steva saw a RUSTY BLACKBIRD in Thief River Falls, Pennington County, on the 5th.

The Jordahls continue to have a NORTHERN CARDINAL at their feeders near Pelican Rapids in Otter Tail County.

Other birds reported this week included COMMON GOLDENEYE, BALD EAGLE, MOURNING DOVE, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, PINE GROSBEAKS, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BROWN CREEPER.

Thanks to Gretchen Mehmel and the Red Lake WMA staff, Mike and Katie Haws, the Colson Family, the Kesslers, Mary Wyatt and Jeannie Joppru for observations. If you have interesting birds to report from northwestern Minnesota, please contact:

Betsy Beneke by e-mail at: betsybeneke@lakesnet.net Or call the Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992

The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, December 15th.

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