Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *November 2, 2007 *MNDU0711.02-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 2, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 1st, 2007 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
An INCA DOVE was found by Jim Lind on October 30th along 3rd Street in downtown Two Harbors, and the bird was still being seen on the afternoon of November 1st. It has mainly been seen in the backyard of 304 2nd Avenue, especially under the dense cedars and bird feeders near the garage. It has also been seen in the back yards of each of the seven houses to the west. If accepted, this will be the first Minnesota record for this species.
Sharon Lind found a pair of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS in Grand Marais on the 28th, and they were still present on the 30th. They were initially spotted along MN Highway 61 near the Java Moose coffee shop, but were also seen all along the harbor including the Coast Guard station and the boat launch and campground west of the harbor. Jim and Kayce Solum found a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER west of the Grand Marais campground along the Sweetheart Bluff trails. They also had a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at the Brule River rest stop, and two BOREAL CHICKADEES at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors, as well as six CATTLE EGRETS at 3644 Highway 61 on the 30th, just west of the Split Rock River. Rich and Rhonda Sve originally reported the birds on their lawn on the morning of the 30th at 3648 Highway 61.
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS and BOREAL CHICKADEES continue to be reported along the North Shore. A group of birders counted at least 27 BOREAL CHICKADEES and six BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS between the McQuade Road and Iona's Beach on the 27th. Terry Wiens saw a female AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER along the Pine Woods Trail at Hawk Ridge in Duluth, and Bruce and Susan Fall saw two AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS on the 27th at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors. As of October 31st, 81 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS had been recorded this season at Hawk Ridge.
Bruce and Susan Fall carefully identified a late GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER on the 27th along 1st Avenue in downtown Two Harbors. On the 26th they saw a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, three SURF SCOTERS, and two LONG-TAILED DUCKS at 37th Street on Park Point, and on the 27th they saw five WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at Paradise Beach north of Grand Marais. Nancy Richmond saw eight LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the 26th at Good Harbor Bay west of Grand Marais, and one in the Grand Marais harbor. Two more were seen at Taconite Harbor on the 27th, as well as two BLACK SCOTERS.
Dee Kuder found a SPRUCE GROUSE in northern St. Louis County along Forest Road 471, six miles south of the Echo Trail (CR 116). It was seen along the Norway Hiking Trail.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 8th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.
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