[mou] Duluth RBA 3/13/08

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*March 13, 2008
*MNDU0803.13

-Birds mentioned
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Merlin
Northern Hawk Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Boreal Chickadee
Red Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Evening Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 13, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 13th, 2008
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Kim Eckert located a very vocal and apparent displaying MERLIN on the
13th along the 1900 block of W. Kent Road in Duluth.

SHARP-TAILED GROUSE were seen on the 11th on the traditional lek on the
east side of CR 29 just north of the Dart Road near Meadowlands. The
NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the Sax-Zim Bog was relocated on the 9th along CR
7, between 0.5 and 1.0 mile south of the Stone Lake Road. Sparky
Stensaas relocated an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER as well as RED
CROSSBILLS along the Admiral Road (CR 788), 1.1 mile north of the Zim
Road (CR 27). A BOREAL CHICKADEE was seen on the 11th at a deer carcass
hung in a tree along the Admiral Road, 2.6 miles south of the Zim Road.
HOARY REDPOLLS, as well as COMMON REDPOLLS and EVENING GROSBEAKS were
seen as recently as the 9th at the Blue Spruce Road feeding station one
mile north of CR 133.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March
20th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858.
Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded
message.

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota
Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more
information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us
at mou at moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
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