[mou] Duluth RBA 11/20/03

[David R. Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 20, 2003,
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Jim Lind found a first winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL at Agate Bay in Two
Harbors on the 15th.

Chuck Krulas found a HARLEQUIN DUCK on the 13th at the mouth of the French
River. Clare and Maurita Geerts had two TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES in their yard
on the north side of Mille Lacs Lake on the 16th. On the 15th, Warren
Nelson refound three GREAT GRAY OWLS near the jct. of Aitkin Cty Rd 18 and
Pietz's Road.

On the 14th, Sparky Stensaas found another GREAT GRAY OWL in the Sax-Zim
area on Cty Rd 52 0.3 miles E of Owl Ave. He also located at least four
BOREAL CHICKADEES on Cty Rd 213, 2.4 miles S of Cty Rd 27.

Rick Schroeder reported 6 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and 1 BLACK SCOTER at the
Recreation Area at Park Point on the 16th. Scott and Nan Wisherd found a
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER one mile W of Stoney Point.

Sue McDonnell reports WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS and EVENING GROSBEAKS are
abundant in the Grand Marais area.

The Duluth Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 20th.
People interested in participating should contact Jim Lind at phone (218-
834-3199). jslind@frontiernet.net.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Wednesday, November 26th.

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.