-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*November 26, 2014
*MNDL1411.26

-Birds mentioned
Canada Goose
Mallard
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Bald Eagle
Ring-billed Gull
Great Horned Owl
American Crow
Brown Creeper
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Redpoll
American Goldfinch
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: November 26, 2014
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, November
26, 2014 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 appears to be nearly over, and now is the season to spot those
late or lost migrants. Snow covers the ground over much of the area, and
for the rest, ice is closing in on the lakes and rivers.

Marshall Howe sent in a report from Dorset in Hubbard County where he
saw about 300 COMMON REDPOLLS, one AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, and a BROWN
CREEPER on November 26.

From Hamden Slough in Becker County, Steve Midthune reported small
flocks of LAPLAND LONGSPURS, COMMON REDPOLLS, and SNOW BUNTINGS on
November 21. Thirty-five GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS were seen and a few
late RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were still around on
November 21. Kay Hartness reported two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at her feeders
in Detroit lakes on November 25.

At the East Grand Forks WTP in Polk County on November 21, Matthew Spoor
reported a RING-BILLED GULL, 100 AMERICAN CROWS, about 200 MALLARDS, one
CANADA GOOSE, and four BALD EAGLES. Doubtless, most have left by now as
the cold settled in and the water disappeared under the ice. Sandy Aubol
observer a late CHIPPING SPARROW at her feeder in East Grand Forks on
November 22.

Tom Ballard heard two GREAT HORNED OWLS hooting and answering each other
a few miles southeast of Thief River Falls, Pennington County, last
weekend. Today, November 26, I saw a BALD EAGLE soaring over the city of
Thief River Falls.

Thanks to Kay Hartness, Marshall Howe, Matthew Spoor, Sandy Aubol, Steve
Midthune, and Tom Ballard 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, December 4,
2014