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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 11, 2010
*MNDL1003.11

-Birds mentioned
Gray Partridge
Spruce Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Bald Eagle
Northern Hawk Owl
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Black-billed Magpie
Horned Lark
Boreal Chickadee
Brown Creeper
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Bohemian Waxwing
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: March 11, 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 11 ,
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.

Spring seems to be coming in gently, but that might change at any
moment. Temperatures in the northwest have been downright balmy for this
time of year with highs in the high thirties, low forties and lows just
tickling the freezing mark. Snow is melting fast and brown spots are
starting to get larger in the fields. There are reports of some birds
returning and the resident ones are starting to sing their spring songs.

Brad and Dee Ehlers reported RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS at the Prairie
Wetlands Learning Center south of Fergus Falls in Otter Tail County on
March 8. Several AMERICAN ROBINS and many HORNED LARKS were seen in the
county this week.

Ron Erpelding and Herb Dingmann found RED CROSSBILLS on the weekend in
Hubbard County two miles south of the Beltrami County border.

Sandy Aubol in Polk County reported an adult BALD EAGLE on the nest in
East Grand Forks on March 11.

Maggie Anderson at Agassiz NWR in Marshall County observed a
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE carrying nesting material on March 11.

In Beltrami County, Ron Erpelding and Herb Dingmann found 3 NORTHERN
HAWK OWLS on the north side of Shoreline Drive which runs along the
north side of Upper Red Lake last weekend, and a NORTHERN SHRIKE was
also seen there. Two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were seen on the west side
of MN 72 a quarter mile north of mile marker 43 while a BOREAL CHICKADEE
and a BROWN CREEPER were seen on the east side of MN 72 near mile marker
42.

From Kittson County, Larry Wilebski reported another NORTHERN HAWK OWL
two miles east of his cabin northwest of Lancaster on March 6, and he
mentioned that the NORTHERN HAWK OWL was still at St Vincent adjacent to
the Red River.

Gretchen Mehmel reported that several GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen roosting
in a barn north of Wannaska in Roseau County this week. Gene Knutson in
Roosevelt has a VARIED THRUSH in his yard this week.

In Lake of the Woods County Gretchen Mehmel that reported 14
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE were seen south of Cecil's Landing on the Roosevelt
Road on March 7 ; and on March 11 two males and a female SPRUCE GROUSE
were seen about two miles east of Norris Camp along the Roosevelt Road.
A NORTHERN HAWK OWL is still working the shear area east of East Hiwood
Road. Ron Erpelding and Herb Dingmann found 8-10 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, two
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, a PINE GROSBEAK, and a male NORTHERN CARDINAL
in Baudette on the weekend, and a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the Faunce
Forest Road.

Thanks to Brad and Dee Ehlers, Gretchen Mehmel, Larry Wilebski, Maggie
Anderson, Ron Erpelding, Herb Dingmann, and Sandy Aubol 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 18,
2010

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN




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