[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, October 3, 2013

[Jeanie Joppru]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Detroit Lakes
*October 3, 2013
*MNDL1310.03

-Birds mentioned
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Common Goldeneye
Pied-billed Grebe
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Common Raven
Barn Swallow
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Detroit Lakes
Date: October 3, 2013
Sponsor: Lakes Area Birding Club, Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce
Reports: 1-800-542-3992 (weekdays during business hours)
Compiler: Jeanie Joppru (ajjop...@mncable.net)

This is the Northwest Minnesota Birding Report for Thursday, October 3,
2013 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.

Migration is coming to a close as fewer and fewer species are being
seen. Soon the mass migrations of waterfowl will come in. Colors are
nearly at their peak on the trees and cold winds forecast in the next
few days will probably put an end to many of them. Get out the rakes!

Today , I saw a COMMON RAVEN fly over Digi-key, a sure sign of coming
winter, as these birds are somewhat rare in town in the summer, and
uncommon in the countryside also. They are getting to be almost common
on the Minnesota plains in winter, when crows seem to disappear. On
October 2 , a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER made his daily visit to our yard
outside Thief River Falls, and an AMERICAN PIPIT was seen and heard at
Digi-Key.

Shelley Steva and I visited the Red Lake Falls wastewater treatment
ponds on September 28 where we found AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN SHOVELER,
COMMON GOLDENEYE, PIED-BILLED GREBE, BARN SWALLOW and AMERICAN PIPIT.
Elsewhere in the county we saw a COMMON RAVEN.

Sandy Aubol on October 2, reported a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER in her yard
in East Grand Forks. Also there were WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS,
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, HARRIS'S SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and
DARK-EYED JUNCO. A FOX SPARROW was there on September 30. YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were the only two warblers remaining.
Shelley Steva and I were in Crookston on September 28 where we found
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, KILLDEER, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, NORTHERN FLICKER,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT.

Thanks to Sandy Aubol for her report.

Please report bird sightings to Jeanie Joppru by email, no later than
Thursday each week, at 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, October 10, 2013.

Jeanie Joppru
Pennington County, MN



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[mou-net] Board Meeting

[Tom Bell]

The Board of MOU will be meeting this coming Sunday, October 6, at the 
Trailside Lodge in Carpenter Nature Center (CNC). The meeting to start at 1:00 
p.m. The Trailside Lodge is at 12354 St. Croix Trail. It has the second 
driveway north of the Main Entrance to CNC. As a member, you are encouraged to 
attend, if you are not a member, it is time to join if you are reading this. 

Tom Bell
Grey Cloud Island
5868 Pioneer Rd. S.
St. Paul Park, MN 55071 
651-459-4150


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[mou-net] Le Conte's Sparrow, Golden Valley

[Bob Butson]

This morning Anthony Manderfeld and I got great views of a Le Conte's
Sparrow among the copious White-throated Sparrows at the General Mills
Research Nature Area in Golden Valley.  There were also Harris's and
Lincoln's Sparrows, along with a couple species of Warblers.


Bob Butson
Golden Valley


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