-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*October 25, 2018
*MNDL1810.25

-Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Common Goldeneye
Pied-billed Grebe
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Dunlin
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Bohemian Waxwing
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Snow Bunting
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 25, 2018
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 218-847-5743 or 218-847-9202
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru ([log in to unmask])

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, October 25,
2018 sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce. You
may also see this report on the Chamber of Commerce website:
https://www.visitdetroitlakes.com/birding-report

This has been a typical fall week in the northwest, albeit a bit cooler
than normal. We had some clouds, some rain, one or two nice sunny brisk
days, and now we are enjoying a constant warm drizzle. Birds have really
stoked up this week, and many have left. We are also getting a few
reports of snow buntings, and the dark-eyed junco and sparrow crowd is
much smaller in the far northwest. The forecast is for one more week of
this sort of weather, then it will really cool down.

In Lake of the Woods County, Beth Siverhus has seen two large flocks of
SNOW BUNTINGS, and five ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS.

In Roseau County, Beth was briefly visited by a female NORTHERN
CARDINAL. She also reported all the usual sparrows, and DARK-EYED
JUNCOS, PURPLE FINCHES, the first BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, and PINE SISKINS.
Tom Amiot at Springsteel Island saw a VIRGINIA RAIL there this week.
Other species seen in Roseau County this week included COMMON GOLDENEYE,
AMERICAN COOT, and PIED-BILLED GREBE.

On October 21, Zeann Linder and I found 12 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in
the town of Ogema IN Becker County. At and near Tamarac NWR, we saw
TRUMPETER SWANS, and a juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. In speaking to
the homeowner, I learned that the Lewis's woodpecker has not been seen
since the snow came about two weeks ago.

Wayne Perala , reporting on the N. Ottawa Impoundment in Grant County
observed GREEN HERON, GREAT BLUE HERON, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, many RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS, DUNLIN, TRUMPETER SWANS, and a variety of ducks on October
21. Julie Johnson observed SNOW GEESE, and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE
there also. At the Elbow Lake farm, Charlene Nelson saw the first SNOW
BUNTINGS on October 21.

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 numbers 218-847-5743 or 218- 847-9202. Please include the
county where the sighting took place. The next scheduled update of this
report is Thursday, November 1, 2018

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN