-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*November 16, 2018
*MNDL1811.16

-Birds mentioned
Tundra Swan
Mallard
White-winged Scoter
Ring-necked Pheasant
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Canada Jay
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pine Siskin
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: November 16, 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 November 16, 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

Winter appears to have arrived, but with a few typical ups and downs.
Most of the migration is over in the far northern part of the area.
Tundra swans, the last of the geese and other waterfowl, horned larks,
Lapland longspurs, dark–eyed juncos are on their way now with numbers of
all decreasing. American tree sparrows are being reported from several
areas, and feeders are hosting purple finches as well. Bring on the
special winter visitors. Not surprisingly, most of the reports came from
the southern part of our area this week.

Charlene Nelson reporting from their farm in Grant County reported a
pair of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, a female RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD , DARK-EYED
JUNCOS, and a PILEATED WOODPECKER on November 10. At the frozen N.
Ottawa impoundment, she found a couple of MALLARDS, many RING-NECKED
PHEASANTS, several NORTHERN HARRIERS, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, HORNED LARKS,
LAPLAND LONGSPURS, and SNOW BUNTINGS. On November 8th, Wayne Perala
found a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER there, but in the intervening days, we can
assume that it left for open water.

Wayne Perala found AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, LAPLAND LONGSPURS, and SNOW
BUNTINGS in the Fergus Falls area of Otter Tail County on November 15.

Kay Hartness observed a late NORTHERN FLICKER in her yard in Detroit
Lakes, Becker County on November 14. SNOW BUNTINGS were reported by
Connie Cox in northeast Becker County along CR 37 on November 11.

In Clearwater County, Connie Cox reported CANADA JAY, PINE SISKINS,
DARK-EYED JUNCOS, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, GREAT HORNED OWL, BALD EAGLE,
and COMMON RAVEN this week.

Flocks of migrating TUNDRA SWANS were reported on Lake Bemidji, Beltrami
County, on November 13.

Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks, Polk County, reported a WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW in her yard on November 11. Emily Hutchins near Mentor ,
observed several flocks of migrating TUNDRA SWANS on November 9.
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was seen in her yard.

A GREAT HORNED OWL was reported by Tom Ballard in eastern Pennington
County this week.

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 Friday, November 23, 2018


Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN