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-Birds mentioned

• Common Loon
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Great Blue Heron
• Trumpeter Swan
• Mallard
• Redhead
• Common Goldeneye
• Hooded Merganser
• Bald Eagle
• Rough-legged Hawk
• Spruce Grouse
• Herring Gull
• Mourning Dove
• Great Horned Owl
• Northern Hawk Owl
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Black-backed Woodpecker
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Bohemian Waxwing
• Northern Shrike
• Northern Cardinal
• Indigo Bunting
• American Tree Sparrow
• Snow Bunting
• Purple Finch
• Common Redpoll
• Pine Siskin
• Evening Grosbeak

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: November 17, 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, November 18, 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.

Winter appears to be here, coming in with a rush early this week. Birders should be aware that icy conditions will prevail until the temperature rises enough to melt the ice, or traffic wears it out. Secondary roads are , of course, in the worst conditions- navigable, but requiring caution. Feeders are busy now that some snow covers much of the area.

Martin Kehoe reported from deep within the Beltrami Island State Forest in Lake of the Woods County that he was seeing considerable numbers of SPRUCE GROUSE, including 9 in one group on November 12. He saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL one mile south of the Stoney Corners Forest Road along the Pitt grade Forest Road on November 6, and a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on November 8. He also reports that the deer mice seem to be plentiful in the forest this year, which bodes well for the owl population.

Craig Bakke saw no less than four probable GREAT HORNED OWLS in one tree on his hunting land west of Newfolden in Marshall County on November 7. Pam Wockenfuss reported that many hawks and several BALD EAGLES are being seen in and around the Wetlands, Pines, and Prairies Audubon Sanctuary this week, along with several owls.

The first PINE SISKINS of the season have come to our feeder in Pennington County, and we continue to have daily visits from a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER.

>From Polk County, Bruce Flaig reported the first COMMON REDPOLL of the season. Other species he found in the county included NORTHERN SHRIKE, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, PURPLE FINCH and PINE SISKIN.

Pat Rice in Beltrami County on November 11, observed 100 HOODED MERGANSERS and two COMMON GOLDENEYE on Stump Lake. Around 75 PINE SISKINS were found in the county that day. On November 16, Earl and Bonnie Ockenga reported BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in Bemidji, and EVENING GROSBEAKS at their feeder.

On the 12th, Mark Otnes reported a probable INDIGO BUNTING at Buffalo River State Park in Clay County. Ben Fritchman found two REDHEADS at the Moorhead wastewater treatment ponds on the13th. At Felton Prairie , he saw a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, and 20 SNOW BUNTINGS. A DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT was found at Hawley; other species found there included two GREAT BLUE HERONS, a HERRING GULL, and a BALD EAGLE.

Mary Ault reported six TRUMPETER SWANS at Munson Lake in Becker County on November 13. Other species seen there were two MALLARDS, and COMMON LOON. On the 14th, she had two PILEATED WOODPECKERS, 8 EVENING GROSBEAKS, and several assorted finches at the feeder. Jan Campbell found a flock of MALLARDS on Big Detroit Lake on the 13th , which included one which was pure white.

Joan Burke had a MOURNING DOVE, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, and a male NORTHERN CARDINAL at their feeder on Lake Lizzie in Otter Tail County on November 16.

Thanks to Martin Kehoe, Mary Ault, Jan Campbell, Ben Fritchman, Mark Otnes, Pat Rice, Pam Wockenfuss, Joan Burke, Craig Bakke, and Bruce Flaig 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, November 25, 2005.

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