[mou] Duluth RBA 12/11/03

[David R. Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, December 11th, 2003,
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Jim Lind reported a SPRUCE GROUSE 1.5 miles north of the Greenwood Lake
landing on Lake Cty Rd 2 today. Jim also spotted a GREAT GRAY OWL 2 miles
north of the White Pine wayside; and back in Two Harbors, he saw 3
LONG-TAILED DUCKS in Burlington Bay. Sharon Lind saw the PACIFIC LOON there
on Monday, but it has not been seen in the past couple of days.

On December 4th, Karl Bardon found 951 HERRING GULLS at the Superior,
Wisconsin Landfill, along with 3 GLAUCOUS GULLS and 2 THAYER'S GULLS. A
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was still at the Duluth shipping channel on the 5th.

Al Schirmacher reported seeing a GREAT GRAY OWL at the usual spot on Aitkin
Cty Rd 18 near Pietz's Rd on the 7th. Laura Erickson had a RUSTY BLACKBIRD
in her yard in East Duluth on the 4th.

The Duluth Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 20th.
People interested in participating should contact Jim Lind at
jslind@frontiernet.net.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, December 18th.

The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 728-5030, and
callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of
each tape.

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 of Natural
History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455; or send an e-mail to
mou@cbs.umn.edu; or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.