[mou] Duluth RBA 2/26/04

[David Benson]

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This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, February 26, 2004, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The GYRFALCON was last reported on the 21st, again in the vicinity of 
the Peavey Elevators in Superior, WI.

Deep snow has induced SPRUCE GROUSE to spend more time out on the road 
at the traditional area along Lake Cty Rd 2 north of Two Harbors. 
Grouse were reported this week from just south of the jct. with the 
Sand River, from 5.5 miles north of Cty Rd 15, from just north of the 
Sand River, and from Hwy 1, 0.2 miles west of mile marker 323.

GREAT GRAY OWLS were seen by several observers in two areas this week: 
In Sax-Zim, as many as three owls along Cty Rd 7 from Stone Lake Rd 
(Cty Rd 319) south to a mile beyond Byrne's Greenhouse. Karen Sussman 
saw an owl yesterday on Stone Lake Rd a mile east of 7. In Aitkin Cty, 
Great Grays continue to be seen along Cty Rd 18 between the jct with 
Cty Rd 5 and the jct with Hwy 169, with most sightings on or around 
Pietz's Road. Warren Nelson reported a BARRED OWL was also seen at the 
jct with Pietz's Rd on the 24th.

In Two Harbors, the ICELAND GULL, a GLAUCOUS GULL, the HARLEQUIN DUCK, 
and the LONG-TAILED DUCK were still being seen on or near Agate Bay 
last weekend.

Harry Hutchins reported that a COMMON LOON has overwintered at the Clay 
Boswell plant on the Mississippi River in Cohasett, MN.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 5.

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 26, 2004,
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.


The GYRFALCON was last reported on the 21st, again in the vicinity of
the Peavey Elevators in Superior, WI.


Deep snow has induced SPRUCE GROUSE to spend more time out on the road
at the traditional area along Lake Cty Rd 2 north of Two Harbors.
Grouse were reported this week from just south of the jct. with the
Sand River, from 5.5 miles north of Cty Rd 15, from just north of the
Sand River, and from Hwy 1, 0.2 miles west of mile marker 323.


GREAT GRAY OWLS were seen by several observers in two areas this week:
In Sax-Zim, as many as three owls along Cty Rd 7 from Stone Lake Rd
(Cty Rd 319) south to a mile beyond Byrne's Greenhouse. Karen Sussman
saw an owl yesterday on Stone Lake Rd a mile east of 7. In Aitkin Cty,
Great Grays continue to be seen along Cty Rd 18 between the jct with
Cty Rd 5 and the jct with Hwy 169, with most sightings on or around
Pietz's Road. Warren Nelson reported a BARRED OWL was also seen at the
jct with Pietz's Rd on the 24th.


In Two Harbors, the ICELAND GULL, a GLAUCOUS GULL, the HARLEQUIN DUCK,
and the LONG-TAILED DUCK were still being seen on or near Agate Bay
last weekend.


Harry Hutchins reported that a COMMON LOON has overwintered at the
Clay Boswell plant on the Mississippi River in Cohasett, MN.


The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 5.


<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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