Minnesota Detroit Lakes RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *January 11, 2007 *MNDL0701.11-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: January 11, 2007
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, January 12, 2007 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.
Now the weather feels like winter. I wonder what it will do to the birding possibilities this weekend as some of the unusual visitors may just decide this is not for them and hurry on south. We are still getting reports of a few Gray Jays, some owls, and redpolls. Noticeably absent from the reports are the siskins. This is surely an unusual winter.
John Quinn was birding in Wilkin County on January 8 where he found RING-NECKED PHEASANT, and 17 GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS near the Rothsay WMA. Also in the county he saw 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS.
From Clay County on January 8 , Ben Fritchman reported 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS at Bluestem Prairie 1.3 miles east of MN 9 on 17th Avenue. Matt Mecklenburg reported AMERICAN ROBINS, CEDAR WAXWINGS, PURPLE FINCH, and 15-20 COMMON REDPOLLS at the MSU Science Center on January 6. He also reported a GREAT HORNED OWL in Clay County.
Duane Olson reported a BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE two miles north of Lake Park in Becker County on January 5.
Pam Wockenfuss reported that 10 GRAY JAYS and 16 SHORT-EARED OWLS were found on the Warren CBC in Marshall County on December 30. Alice Sather reported that she has 3 GRAY JAYS coming to her feeder 20 miles WNW of Warren.
A NORTHERN FLICKER is still coming to our suet feeder in rural Pennington County.
Mary Lou Marchand in Beltrami County reported a HARRIS'S SPARROW on January 7, 50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on January 8, 35 CEDAR WAXWINGS on January 9, and a mixed flock of waxwings on January 10.
Larry Wilebski continues to report GRAY JAYS , COMMON REDPOLLS, and HOARY REDPOLLS at his place northwest of Lancaster. On January 6, there were 25 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, and a RUFFED GROUSE there. SNOWY OWLS are being seen between Orleans and Humboldt.
Beth Siverhus sent in a secondhand report of a VARIED THRUSH on January 10 at the home of Lyle Wright north of the Catholic Church in Warroad, Roseau County. Tom Adams reported a GRAY JAY coming to a suet cake 6 miles south of Warroad, also both HOARY REDPOLLS and COMMON REDPOLLS are being seen there.
Martin Kehoe reported that he found a male 3-TOED WOODPECKER on the Hand Dug Ditch in the Beltrami Island State Forest in Lake of the Woods county on January 9. At his cabin he saw SPRUCE GROUSE, and heard SAW-WHET OWLS calling each night. On January 6, I saw 9 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and several GRAY JAYS during the course of an owl survey in Lake of the Woods County. EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder at Shotley on that day.
Thanks to Alice Sather, Ben Fritchman, Beth Siverhus, Duane Olson, John Quinn, Larry Wilebski, Martin Kehoe, Mary Lou Marchand, Matt Mecklenburg, and Pam Wockenfuss 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, January 19, 2007.
Jeanie Joppru Pennington County
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