[mou] Duluth RBA 3/17/04

[David Benson]

--Apple-Mail-1-289737906
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset=US-ASCII;
	format=flowed

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Wednesday, March 17, 2004, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Dave Grosshuesch saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on Wednesday along the Stoney 
River Forest Road, about 5 miles south of Highway 1 in Lake Cty.  
Apparently the road is still drivable (truck traffic has been keeping 
it open this winter), but it is covered with deep washboards.

I saw a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD late yesterday at 12th Ave East and 
Superior Street in Duluth. The bird flew into the few trees behind the 
strip mall on the upper side of Superior Street. Then it flew over the 
apartments on First Street. With no choice but to walk around the 
apartments, I could not relocate the bird.

It has been a great spring for seeing GOLDEN EAGLES. Frank Nicoletti 
and Dave Carman have counted 48 Goldens at the West Skyline Hawk Count 
in Duluth since February 23, including 14 on Monday and 7 yesterday. 
They have seen 526 BALD EAGLES so far this spring. On Monday, they 
counted a record number of NORTHERN GOSHAWKS for the spring count: 5 
birds, all adults. Ryan Brady reported seeing 18 GOLDEN EAGLES through 
the 13th at the Chequamegon Bay Hawkwatch in Ashland, Wisconsin.

Warren Nelson reported that 4 GREAT GRAY OWLS were seen in Aitkin Cty 
over the weekend. Two were seen on Pietz's Road 1.8 miles north of Cty 
Rd 18 (just south of the house). Another was on Cty Rd 18 1.1 miles 
west of Pietz's Rd, and the fourth was 1.3 miles west of Pietz's Rd on 
18. The SNOWY OWL was seen again north of the town of Aitkin on Cty Rd 
1, a mile north of the diversion channel. Warren also reported several 
BOREAL CHICKADEES at the Rabey Tree Farm at mile marker 186 on Hwy 200 
between Hill City and Jacobson. He also reported an EASTERN MEADOWLARK.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 25.

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
--Apple-Mail-1-289737906
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/enriched;
	charset=US-ASCII

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Wednesday, March 17, 2004,
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.


Dave Grosshuesch saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on Wednesday along the Stoney
River Forest Road, about 5 miles south of Highway 1 in Lake Cty. 
Apparently the road is still drivable (truck traffic has been keeping
it open this winter), but it is covered with deep washboards.


I saw a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD late yesterday at 12th Ave East and
Superior Street in Duluth. The bird flew into the few trees behind the
strip mall on the upper side of Superior Street. Then it flew over the
apartments on First Street. With no choice but to walk around the
apartments, I could not relocate the bird.


It has been a great spring for seeing GOLDEN EAGLES. Frank Nicoletti
and Dave Carman have counted 48 Goldens at the West Skyline Hawk Count
in Duluth since February 23, including 14 on Monday and 7 yesterday.
They have seen 526 BALD EAGLES so far this spring. On Monday, they
counted a record number of NORTHERN GOSHAWKS for the spring count: 5
birds, all adults. Ryan Brady reported seeing 18 GOLDEN EAGLES through
the 13th at the Chequamegon Bay Hawkwatch in Ashland, Wisconsin.


Warren Nelson reported that 4 GREAT GRAY OWLS were seen in Aitkin Cty
over the weekend. Two were seen on Pietz's Road 1.8 miles north of Cty
Rd 18 (just south of the house). Another was on Cty Rd 18 1.1 miles
west of Pietz's Rd, and the fourth was 1.3 miles west of Pietz's Rd on
18. The SNOWY OWL was seen again north of the town of Aitkin on Cty Rd
1, a mile north of the diversion channel. Warren also reported several
BOREAL CHICKADEES at the Rabey Tree Farm at mile marker 186 on Hwy 200
between Hill City and Jacobson. He also reported an EASTERN MEADOWLARK.


The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 25.<bigger>


<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</bold></bigger>
--Apple-Mail-1-289737906--