[mou] Duluth RBA 2/12/04

[David Benson]

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This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, February 12, 2004, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The GYRFALCON was seen again on February 8 at the Peavey Elevators at 
the north end of Superior, Wisconsin. At least two SNOWY OWLS are also 
being seen in Superior, most often at the Bong Airport. There are 
GLAUCOUS GULLS and at least one THAYER'S GULL at the Superior landfill.

Dave Grosshuesch found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Cook Cty on the 4th. The 
bird was seen at Kindle Creek along the Shoe Lake Rd (Forest Rd 313). 
The Shoe Lake Rd can be reached from the Greenwood Lake Rd, which meets 
the Gunflint Trail just west of the South Brule River. This is only the 
second report of this species in Northeastern Minnesota this winter.

In Aitkin Cty, Warren Nelson reported two GREAT GRAY OWLS on Pietz's 
Rd, 0.3 mile north of Cty Rd 18 on the 9th. He wrote that others had 
seen the VARIED THRUSH in Palisade about a block south of the Citgo 
station. He also saw a flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in the town of 
Aitkin, and SNOW BUNTINGS along Cty Rd 1 north of Aitkin. Jan Hansen 
reported a large flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was still in Deerwood on 
the 5th.

Jim LInd saw the HARLEQUIN DUCK and ICELAND GULL at Agate Bay in Two 
Harbors on the 5th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, February 
19.

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.
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This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, February 12, 2004,
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.


The GYRFALCON was seen again on February 8 at the Peavey Elevators at
the north end of Superior, Wisconsin. At least two SNOWY OWLS are also
being seen in Superior, most often at the Bong Airport. There are
GLAUCOUS GULLS and at least one THAYER'S GULL at the Superior landfill.


Dave Grosshuesch found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Cook Cty on the 4th. The
bird was seen at Kindle Creek along the Shoe Lake Rd (Forest Rd 313).
The Shoe Lake Rd can be reached from the Greenwood Lake Rd, which
meets the Gunflint Trail just west of the South Brule River. This is
only the second report of this species in Northeastern Minnesota this
winter.


In Aitkin Cty, Warren Nelson reported two GREAT GRAY OWLS on Pietz's
Rd, 0.3 mile north of Cty Rd 18 on the 9th. He wrote that others had
seen the VARIED THRUSH in Palisade about a block south of the Citgo
station. He also saw a flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in the town of
Aitkin, and SNOW BUNTINGS along Cty Rd 1 north of Aitkin. Jan Hansen
reported a large flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was still in Deerwood on
the 5th.


Jim LInd saw the HARLEQUIN DUCK and ICELAND GULL at Agate Bay in Two
Harbors on the 5th.


The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, February
19.


<bold>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.</bold>
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