-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*October 10, 2019
*MNDL1910.10

-Birds mentioned
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Marbled Godwit
Sabine's Gull
Little Gull
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Townsend's Solitaire
Gray-cheeked Thrush
American Robin
Purple Finch
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Bay-breasted Warbler
Pine Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 10, 2019
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 10,
2019 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

With all the rain we have been having here in the north, bird reports
have been hard to come by. Migration is definitely progressing, and
yesterday, the first really big flock of American robins visited our
yard. White-throated sparrows, dark-eyed juncos , and purple finches are
also one the move. Turkey vultures have been migrating through the area
for a couple of weeks now. Fall color here in the northwest was slow to
arrive, but today all the aspens turned golden yellow, and cranberry
bushes are a lovely red.

A SABINE'S GULL was reported by Alex Burchard at Diamond Point Park in
Bemidji, Beltrami County on October 5th. Becca Engdahl saw a HOUSE WREN
in Bemidji on September 27th.

Here at our feeders east if Thief River Falls, Pennington County, I had
HARRIS'S SPARROW on October 2nd, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW, and PURPLE FINCH on October 4th, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET on
October 5th. Many DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and 75-100 AMERICAN ROBINS were here
on October 9th. Zeann Linder reported a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE under her
feeders in Thief River Falls on October 6th.

On October 7th, Dennis Weisenborn reported a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH in
Moorhead, Clay County.

Wayne Perala found a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE at Tamarac NWR in Becker
County on October 8th.

In Hubbard County, several observers reported PINE WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED
WARBLER, and SCARLET TANAGER at Kabekona Lake on October 3rd.

A LITTLE GULL was found by Bruce Munson at Walker WTP on October 2nd.

Charlene Nelson saw a BROWN CREEPER at their Elbow Lake farm in Grant
County on October 1st. A MARBLED GODWIT was seen at the N. Ottawa
Impoundment by William Marengo on October 6th.

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 October 17, 2019.



Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN