[mou] Duluth RBA 11/18/04

[David Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 18, 2004, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Laura Erickson has an immature male RUFOUS or ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD 
coming to her feeder in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth. The bird 
has been active from early daylight until mid-afternoon.

The movement of owls into our area has continued this week, with over 
140 GREAT GRAY OWLS and over 80 NORTHERN HAWK OWLS seen across 
Northeastern Minnesota. There are so many owls that it is hard to 
recommend specific areas, but many birders have seen owls in the 
Sax-Zim bog area north of Duluth, especially along Cty Rd 7 between 319 
and 52, and several observers have seen Great Grays along the 
expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors. On the 14th, Ryan Brady saw 
a Great Gray at the pine plantation at Hawk Ridge. Even though there 
are too many sightings to mention, and you may believe your sightings 
are of "duplicate" owls, it is still important to report the exact 
location and time you saw owls.

Bruce Stahly reported a SNOWY OWL in the Grand Marais harbor on the 
13th.

Deb Buria-Falkowski had a GLAUCOUS GULL at Two Harbors on the 15th. A 
first-winter THAYER'S GULL was again seen in the harbor at Grand Marais 
this week.

Linda Sparling found a late SAVANNAH SPARROW on Cty Rd 319 in Sax-Zim 
on the 15th. Lots of COMMON REDPOLLS in the area. John Ellis saw two 
RED CROSSBILLS on the Mitawan Lake Rd near Isabella on the 14th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Tuesday, November 
23.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-728-5030. 
Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded 
message.

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 to 
mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.