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Jeanie Joppru <[log in to unmask]>
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Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]>
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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*March 4, 2010
*MNDL1003.04

-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Northern Hawk Owl
Short-eared Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Gray Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Horned Lark
American Robin
Bohemian Waxwing
Snow Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Grosbeak
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
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Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: March 4, 2010
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru ([log in to unmask])

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, March 4,
2010 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.

Mother nature is teasing us this week with calm , sunny days and cold
nights. There have been several foggy mornings with trees laden with
frost creating photographic opportunities. Birds are starting to come
back with a few spring migrants already present, and more of the first
wave expected soon.

Gretchen Mehmel reported from the Beltrami Island State Forest in Lake
of the Woods County this week. On the weekend, a SPRUCE GROUSE was seen
north of Faunce, RUFFED GROUSE east of Norris Camp, and a NORTHERN HAWK
OWL on the Roosevelt Road north of the Faunce-Butterfield road. At
Norris Camp there were PILEATED WOODPECKER, GRAY JAY, and PINE
GROSBEAKS.

In Roseau County, Beth Siverhus reported 6 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE east of
CR 9, a NORTHERN HAWK OWL near the Canadian border north of Roseau,
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, and 70 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in Warroad last weekend.

Larry Wilebski reported WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS in Lancaster, Kittson
County, on March 3. There were HORNED LARKS along roads in the county
this week.

In Clearwater County north of Itasca SP, Connie Cox reported a
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, AMERICAN ROBIN and 15-20 PINE
GROSBEAKS on February 26. Marshall Howe found 7-8 RED CROSSBILLS at
Itasca SP on February 24. Other species seen included two dark phase
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, and COMMON REDPOLLS.

Diana Morkassel saw AMERICAN ROBINS in Marshall County on February 26,
and PILEATED WOODPECKER on February 27.

Shelley Steva saw HORNED LARKS in Red Lake County on February 28.

Bruce Flaig in southern Polk County reported RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS on
February 28. Shelley Steva found HORNED LARKS on CR 6 that day.Sandy
Aubol in East Grand Forks reported a BALD EAGLE and one HOUSE FINCH on
March 3.

Herb Dingmann found WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS and two NORTHERN CARDINALS
in Detroit Lakes , Becker County on February 27.

In Otter Tail County, Wayne Runningen reported that numbers of TRUMPETER
SWANS have wintered along the Otter Tail River. 73 were at the Prairie
Lake inlet north of Pelican Rapids On February 28, and 50 were at
Riverview Sanctuary in Fergus Falls.

Rick Gjervold, reporting from Wilkin County on March 1, found one BALD
EAGLE, 5 SHORT-EARED OWLS, two AMERICAN ROBINS, and several flocks of
SNOW BUNTINGS in the county that day.

Brad and Dee Ehlers saw an AMERICAN KESTREL on a power line near
Alexandria on March 1.

Thanks to Beth Siverhus, Brad and Dee Ehlers, Bruce Flaig, Connie Cox,
Diana Morkassel, Gretchen Mehmel, Herb Dingmann, Larry Wilebski,
Marshall Howe, Rick Gjervold, Sandy Aubol, Shelley Steva, and Wayne
Runningen for their reports.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than
Thursday each week, at [log in to unmask] 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. The next scheduled update of this report is Thursday, March 11,
2010.



Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN



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