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-Birds mentioned

• Common Loon
• Pied-billed Grebe
• Eared Grebe
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Trumpeter Swan
• Cackling Goose
• Wood Duck
• Blue-winged Teal
• Gadwall
• American Wigeon
• Redhead
• Greater Scaup
• Ruddy Duck
• Turkey Vulture
• Osprey
• Bald Eagle
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Wild Turkey
• Sora
• American Coot
• Black-bellied Plover
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Wilson's Snipe
• Eurasian Collared-Dove
• Belted Kingfisher
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Northern Flicker
• Eastern Phoebe
• American Crow
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• Carolina Wren
• Sedge Wren
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Eastern Bluebird
• American Robin
• Gray Catbird
• Blue-headed Vireo
• Yellow-throated Vireo
• Tennessee Warbler
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Nashville Warbler
• Yellow Warbler
• Magnolia Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Connecticut Warbler
• Fox Sparrow
• Lincoln's Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Harris's Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Pine Siskin

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: September 29, 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 30, 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.

Migration is picking up speed in the northwest, and the trees are fast reaching peak colors. The next big rain and wind event will bring down most of the leaves. Large flocks of common migrants like robins and flickers are appearing on lawns throughout the area. Thursday, I saw a large kettle of hawks whirling in the sky just west of Digi-key in Thief River Falls. Since I was viewing them through the window without binoculars at some distance, I cannot say what species they were.

The CAROLINA WREN that was reported earlier in the month at the feeder of Pat and Cal Rice near Bemidji in Beltrami County is still there as of Thursday, September 29. The bird has now molted into fresh plumage, and looks much better than previously. You can reach Pat @ 218-751-0137 for directions if you wish to see the bird.

In Otter Tail County, Dave Sorgen found a pair of TRUMPETER SWANS with two cygnets at Cook's Lake on September 18. Other species seen in the county within the last two weeks include COMMON LOON, TURKEY VULTURE, OSPREY, BELTED KINGFISHER, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. Roland Jordahl reported WILD TURKEY, TURKEY VULTURE, BALD EAGLE, EASTERN PHOEBE, and GRAY CATBIRD at Maplewood State Park on September 27 . He also reported DARK-EYED JUNCO and HARRIS'S SPARROW in his yard near Pelican Rapids.

>From Clay County, Ben Fritchman birded at the Moorhead wastewater treatment ponds on September 23 where he found four CACKLING GEESE, at the Sabin wastewater treatment ponds, he located one GREATER SCAUP, REDHEADS, and WILSON'S SNIPE. There was a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE in Glyndon. To look for it go south at the light off US 10 over the tracks, then take the first right, followed by another right at the first corner. Look on the wires here. A Ringed Turtle-dove was also there at the time.

Pat Rice reported YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, lots of AMERICAN ROBINS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO in Beltrami County on September 26. She had a secondhand report of a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER that was seen by Doug Johnson along Lake Bemidji on September 25.Nathaniel Emery in Polk County on September 28, reported that thousands of AMERICAN COOTS have gathered at the Crookston wastewater treatment ponds. Also there were GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, RUDDY DUCK, PIED-BILLED GREBE, EARED GREBE, and GREATER YELLOWLEGS. HARRIS'S SPARROW and DARK-EYED JUNCO were also seen in Polk County. Mike Christopherson reported a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH in Crookston on September 28.

On the weekend, in rural Pennington County, I had WOOD DUCK, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and DARK-EYED JUNCO at the feeder; at Greenwood Park in Thief River Falls, I added YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, YELLOW WARBLER, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. Shelley Steva reported six warbler species in her yard on September 25. They were TENNESSEE WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, and best of all a CONNECTICUT WARBLER. Elsewhere in Pennington County, she saw a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK on September 25.

Larry Wilebski in Kittson County, reported that the AMERICAN CROWS are gathering in flocks. He also reported 18 GREAT BLUE HERONS, two GREAT EGRETS, a WILD TURKEY with young, SORA, 34 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, SEDGE WREN, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and PINE SISKIN.

Thanks to Ben Fritchman, Larry Wilebski, Dave Sorgen, Shelley Steva, Pat Rice, Roland Jordahl, Nathaniel Emery, and Mike Christopherson 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 7, 2005.

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