Estimated 2,000 common mergansers, smith's bay, lake Minnetonka, 2 p.m. Saturday.
Jim Williams Wayzata, Minnesota birding blog at www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/blogs/Wingnut.html On Nov 29, 2012, at 9:42 PM, Jeanie Joppru <r...@moumn.org> wrote: > -RBA > *Minnesota > *Detroit Lakes > *November 29, 2012 > *MNDL1211.29 > > -Birds mentioned > Common Goldeneye > Red-breasted Merganser > Sharp-shinned Hawk > Rough-legged Hawk > Red-bellied Woodpecker > Northern Flicker > Pileated Woodpecker > Northern Shrike > Red-breasted Nuthatch > Brown Creeper > Bohemian Waxwing > Cedar Waxwing > American Tree Sparrow > White-throated Sparrow > Dark-eyed Junco > Northern Cardinal > Common Grackle > Pine Grosbeak > White-winged Crossbill > Common Redpoll > Evening Grosbeak > -Transcript > > Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes > Date: November 29, 2012 > Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce > Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours) > Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjop...@q.com) > > This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, November > 30, 2012 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. > > Winter is slowly creeping towards us, with cool nights and sometimes > cold , windy days. The invasion of northern finches continues with > grosbeaks and crossbills continuing to be reported from many locations. > > From Clearwater County, Kelly Larson reported BROWN CREEPER, AMERICAN > TREE SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO, NORTHERN CARDINAL, PINE GROSBEAK and > EVENING GROSBEAK south of Bagley on November 24. > > Shelley Steva had a NORTHERN SHRIKE in her yard in Thief River Falls, > Pennington County on November 23. > > From southern Polk County, Bruce Flaig reported PINE GROSBEAK at his > feeder on November 28. In East Grand Forks, Sandy Aubol reported > SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 4 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, CEDAR WAXWINGS, two > WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, COMMON GRACKLE, and PINE GROSBEAK on November > 24. Heidi Hughes at the Audubon Center today reported WHITE-WINGED > CROSSBILL and EVENING GROSBEAK in addition to the above. > > Kristy May in Waubun, Mahnomen County, observed RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, > COMMON REDPOLL, and PINE GROSBEAK this week. > > Steve Midthune in Becker County reported BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS at Lake Park > on November 27, and PINE GROSBEAKS there on November 29. > > Marshall Howe in Hubbard County saw several flocks of COMMON REDPOLLS > between Dorset and Park Rapids, and a flock of DARK-EYED JUNCOS just > west of Dorset on November 25. Other species seem in the area that day > included COMMON GOLDENEYES, RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, and PINE GROSBEAKS. > On the 25th, there was a NORTHERN CARDINAL , and on the 28th, a large > flock of 150 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in Park Rapids. On November 28, he also > saw two light phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS in the area. > > Amy Drake in Otter Tail County, reported PINE GROSBEAKS near Richville > on November 25. Roland Jordahl observed PILEATED WOODPECKER, NORTHERN > CARDINAL, and 50 COMMON REDPOLLS on November 29 in Pelican Rapids. Dan > and Sandy Thimgan observed NORTHERN FLICKER, CEDAR WAXWINGS, BOHEMIAN > WAXWINGS, and COMMON GRACKLE at their feeders in central Otter Tail > County this week. > > Thanks to Amy Drake, Bruce Flaig, Dan and Sandy Thimgan, Heidi Hughes, > Kelly Larson, Kristy May, Marshall Howe, Roland Jordahl, Sandy Aubol, > Shelley Steva , and Steve Midthune for their reports. > > Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than > Thursday each week, at ajjop...@mncable.net > <mailto:ajjop...@mncable.net> 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 6, 2012. > > 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 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
