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-Birds mentioned

• American White Pelican
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Osprey
• Cooper's Hawk
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Merlin
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Northern Flicker
• Eastern Phoebe
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Eastern Bluebird
• Cedar Waxwing
• Blue-headed Vireo
• Tennessee Warbler
• Yellow Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• American Redstart
• White-throated Sparrow

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 22, 2005
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, September 23, 2005 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.

Leaves are starting to fall and accumulate along curbs and windbreaks. Weather has continued to be pleasant and the first frost has not yet occurred in the majority of the area. Migration continues and now we are seeing the last of the warblers, and some of the late fall sparrows are coming in.

>From Kittson County, Larry Wilebski reported GREAT BLUE HERON, GREAT EGRET, 25 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, and RED-TAILED HAWK on the 17th, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and AMERICAN REDSTART on the 18th.

Shelley Steva had a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET in her yard in Pennington County east of Thief River Falls on the 18th, and spotted a COOPER'S HAWK carrying prey just down the road. Here in our nearby yard on the 18th, the first real wave of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS came through. On the 20th, they were joined by BLUE-HEADED VIREO, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, CEDAR WAXWING, TENNESSEE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.

A MERLIN was found by Shelley Steva in Red Lake County near the intersection of CR 1 and CR 5 about 5.5 miles north of Oklee on September 19.

Nathaniel Emery reported that YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS are also coming through the campus of MSUM in Crookston, Polk County.

Shar Legenhausen in Becker County reported a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on September 19th.Several hundred DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS were at Tamarac Lake in Tamarac NWR on September 20. Also in the county on the 20th were RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, and NORTHERN FLICKER.

>From Otter Tail County, Alma Ronningen reported YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER on the 17th, CEDAR WAXWINGS on the 18th, and OSPREY, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, and EASTERN PHOEBE on the 22nd.

Thanks to Shar Legenhausen, Shelley Steva, Larry Wilebski, Alma Ronningen, and Nathaniel Emery 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, September 30, 2005.

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