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*April 18, 2002
*MNDL0204.18

-Birds mentioned

• Common Loon
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Tundra Swan
• Trumpeter Swan
• Wood Duck
• Canvasback
• Redhead
• Hooded Merganser
• Ruddy Duck
• Broad-winged Hawk
• Rough-legged Hawk
• Merlin
• Peregrine Falcon
• Greater Prairie-Chicken
• Sharp-tailed Grouse
• Sandhill Crane
• Killdeer
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Marbled Godwit
• Common Snipe
• American Woodcock
• Franklin's Gull
• Ring-billed Gull
• Herring Gull
• Forster's Tern
• Mourning Dove
• Short-eared Owl
• Red-headed Woodpecker
• Least Flycatcher
• Eastern Phoebe
• Purple Martin
• Tree Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• Eastern Bluebird
• American Robin
• Loggerhead Shrike
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Pine Warbler
• American Tree Sparrow
• Chipping Sparrow
• Vesper Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow
• Song Sparrow
• Swamp Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Chestnut-collared Longspur
• Western Meadowlark
• White-winged Crossbill
• Common Redpoll
• Evening Grosbeak

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: April 18, 2002
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)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, April 19, 2002, 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.

Record warm temperatures and strong winds early in the week worked to rid area lakes of ice and waterfowl numbers rose quickly. Greater white-fronted geese, tundra swans and sandhill cranes continued to move through northwestern counties in good numbers.

Arrivals in Otter Tail County this week included COMMON SNIPE, BARN SWALLOW, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.

In Becker County, birds appearing included COMMON LOON, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, RUDDY DUCK, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, PEREGRINE FALCON, MARBLED GODWIT, COMMON SNIPE, FRANKLIN'S GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, PURPLE MARTIN, TREE SWALLOW, PINE WARBLER, CHIPPING SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.

Three CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS were observed at the Felton Prairie in Clay County on the 16th. And in Wilkin County on the 14th, a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was observed at the Rothsay WMA just south of Lawndale.

In Polk County, birds reported included ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, MERLIN, GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, SHORT-EARED OWL, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, VESPER SPARROW, SONG SPARROW and SWAMP SPARROW.

Marshall County sightings included WOOD DUCK, SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, FRANKLIN'S GULL, FORSTER'S TERN, MOURNING DOVE, TREE SWALLOW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, EASTERN BLUEBIRD and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.

In Kittson County over the past week, birds reported included DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, TUNDRA SWAN, WOOD DUCK, REDHEAD, HOODED MERGANSER, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, MERLIN, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, RING-BILLED GULL, HERRING GULL, WESTERN MEADOWLARK, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW and COMMON REDPOLL.

And lastly, in the Northwest Angle and Lake of the Woods area, a pair of TRUMPETER SWANS were identified near Angle Inlet. Other birds reported were SANDHILL CRANE, KILLDEER, AMERICAN ROBIN, large numbers of DARK-EYED JUNCOS, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, COMMON REDPOLL and EVENING GROSBEAK.

Thanks to the MANY people who shared sightings this week!

To report bird sightings, contact Betsy Beneke by e-mail, no later than Thursday each week, at: betsybeneke@lakesnet.net OR call the Chamber's toll free number: 1-800-542-3992. Detroit Lakes area birders please call 847-9202.

The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, April 26, 2002.

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