-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *September 16, 2010 *MNDL1009.16 -Birds mentioned Snow Goose Common Loon Osprey Osprey Cooper's Hawk Belted Kingfisher Blue-headed Vireo Red-breasted Nuthatch Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Brown Thrasher Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Mourning Warbler White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Baltimore Oriole -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes Date: September 16, 2010 Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours) Compiler: Jeanie Joppru ([email protected]) This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, September 16, 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. There is no doubt about it - fall is here and moving fast. Migration has really picked up, and we are saying goodbye to many species until next spring. In a day or so, most of the flowers will be gone also, and leaves are really starting to get their fall colors. On September 13, Beth Siverhus reported the first SNOW GEESE flying over Warroad in Roseau County. Sandy Aubol in East Grand Forks , Polk County, reported OSPREY, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, BROWN THRASHER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on September 13. On the 14th, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS joined the group, and on September 15, a BROADWINGED HAWK, and a COOPER'S HAWK flew over East Grand Forks. Alma Ronningen in Otter Tail County, saw a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and a BALTIMORE ORIOLE on September 11. On September 14, she saw a COMMON LOON and a BELTED KINGFISHER, and reported lots of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in the area . Thanks to Alma Ronningen, Beth Siverhus, and Sandy Aubol for their reports. Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than Thursday each week, at [email protected] 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,September 23, 2010. Jeanie Joppru Pennington County, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
