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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 12 1998 *MNDU9803.12 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 12, 1998
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: Kim Eckert
Transcriber: Craig Mandel (EgretCMan@aol.com)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
This is the Duluth birding report for Thursday, March 12 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists Union.
With the arrival of sharply colder temperatures this week and the relative lack of birding activity recently. This weeks tape has little new to report on either in the way of early spring migrants or late lingering winter specialties. However there was a recent report of a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER in Duluth. Good numbers of Gulls are still present at the Superior Land Fill. Both the NORTHERN HAWK OWL and HOARY REDPOLL mentioned on previous tapes are still present and a couple of singing male NORTHERN CARDINALS have been reported in Duluth.
On March 6th Pat & John Thomas found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the Pine Plantation at Hawk Ridge in Duluth. It was seen near the beginning of the Pine Woods Trail which starts off of Sky Line Parkway, about a half mile west of seven bridges road. It is possible this bird over wintered here, since BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS are seen in these pines nearly every fall, including last fall. An attempt to relocate this bird yesterday was unsuccessful, but the day was windy and not conducive to finding Woodpeckers so it might still be present.
Good numbers of Gulls were reported the last week by Karl Bardon of the Twin Cities, at the Superior Wisconsin landfill at the south end of Wisconsin point. Two to Three Thousand Gulls were present, including a few dozen GLAUCOUS GULLS, an adult ICELAND GULL and a few THAYER'S GULLS.
That NORTHERN HAWK OWL along Lake County Road 2 mentioned on previous weeks tapes was seen again yesterday. Again that location is near the Greenwood Lake public access which is about 34 miles North of Two Harbors.
Brief unsuccessful searches were also made yesterday for GREAT GRAY OWL and SPRUCE GROUSE along County Road 2 and for BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS on the Spruce Road in Lake County, which had all been reported in during February. But given the unfavorable weather conditions yesterday it is possible these birds might still be present.
A brief unsuccessful search for GREAT GRAY OWLS in the Sax Zim Bog along St. Louis County Road 7 and 319 yesterday between Sax and Zim was also unsuccessful.
That pale and obvious male HOARY REDPOLL at Judy Gibb's feeder on Park Drive on the East side of Eagle Lake just North of Duluth was seen again yesterday. Again to reach this location, go North on Jean Duluth Road for 8 miles from Arrowhead Road, then turn left on Emerson Road to Eagle Lake. Birders are asked not to park on Park Drive, which is not wide enough for parked cars. It is only a short walk up to the feeders, which are all clearly visible from Park Drive and birders are asked to not walk into the yard.
Two singing male NORTHERN CARDINALS were seen in Duluth recently. One of these was in Mission Creek Park in Fond du Lac and the other was on the 300th block of East Oxford Street.
And finally Candy Wallin of Carlton, just west of Duluth reported the only sign of spring this week when a flock of no fewer than 12 AMERICAN ROBINS showed up in her yard March 9th.
Unless something unusual is seen in the mean time, which needs to be reported on immediately the next scheduled update of this tape will be on Thursday March 19th and as always if you have birds to report you may leave a message after the tone.
