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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *October 23, 2003 *MNDL0310.23 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 23, 2003
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjoppru@wiktel.com)
This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Friday, October 24, 2003 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.
Birds are still moving through the area this week during the lovely fall weather, but the temperature is forecast to drop this weekend and we can expect the conditions to get much more like late fall. Birding this week has been spotty with the numbers of migrants dropping off rapidly as the migration comes to a close.
Roland Jordahl reported from Otter Tail County that the migration is proceeding there with sightings of COMMON LOONS, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, HARRIS'S SPARROWS, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS among others. Also in Otter Tail County, Alma Ronningen reported seeing kinglets.
In Wilkin County Alma Ronningen reported AMERICAN BITTERN, SANDHILL CRANE, and LAPLAND LONGSPURS near the Rothsay WMA.
Mary Wyatt saw a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK near Detroit Lakes in Becker County on October 22nd. Other birds that she reported included RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and PURPLE FINCH.
In Norman County on October 17th, Carol Schumacher observed TRUMPETER SWANS at the Twin Valley wastewater treatment ponds; also AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, and LAPLAND LONGSPURS in that county. On the 18th in Norman County, she saw GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, SANDHILL CRANES, and HARRIS'S SPARROW, and on the 19th there was a SMITH'S LONGSPUR at the Ada wastewater treatment ponds.
In Polk County, Shelley Steva saw 6 GRAY PARTRIDGE four miles west of the Pembina WMA near the border of Pennington and Polk Counties. A ROSS'S GOOSE was found by Peder Svingen near Fosston on October 18th, and 299 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen at the Crookston wastewater treatment ponds. On the 20th, we found a WILD TURKEY wandering along the Crookston Highway 75 bypass- this is undoubtedly an escapee from captivity but fun to see none-the- less. Thursday, October 23rd, Peder Svingen found a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and 30 GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS in Gentilly township.
Carol Schumacher birded in Red Lake County on the 19th and reported SNOW GEESE, TUNDRA SWANS, and both LAPLAND LONGSPURS and SMITH'S LONGSPURS. A MERLIN and 19 GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS were seen in Red Lake County on Monday. An adult GOLDEN EAGLE was observed by Peder Svingen soaring over the Red Lake River near the Red Lake Falls wastewater treatment ponds on October 23rd. A RING-NECKED PHEASANT was seen 2 miles west of Plummer, a MERLIN at Oak Grove Cemetery, and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK one mile southwest of Red Lake Falls.
Beltrami County sightings reported this week included an immature RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER seen by Pat Rice in Bemidji on Monday, and a small flock of RED CROSSBILLS spotted by two birders in Blackduck on the 19th.
A scoter of unknown species was seen far out on Lake Winnibigoshish in Cass County on October 19th.
In Marshall County, the two SURF SCOTERS reported last week were found to be still at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge on the 20th. Most interesting sighting at Agassiz on Monday was an immature GOLDEN EAGLE seen over Northwest Pool, causing thousands of waterfowl including SNOW GEESE both white and blue morph, CANADA GEESE, ducks of several species, and SANDHILL CRANES to rise up at once from the marsh in a swirling mass of birds, all calling together. Late in the afternoon, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen on the eastern boundary of the refuge. The weekly shorebird survey revealed that numbers were down again from last week with 302 birds of 8 species being tallied.
Thanks to Shelley Steva, Carol Schumacher, Peder Svingen, Alma Ronningen, Mary Wyatt, Roland Jordahl, and Pat Rice for their reports.
Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at ajjoppru@wiktel.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. When reporting by email please put "NW Bird Report" in the subject line of your message. The next scheduled update of this report is Friday, October 31, 2003.
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