[mou] Duluth RBA 11/23/03

[David Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Tuesday, November 23, 2004,=20
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists=92 Union.

The selasphorus sp. hummingbird (RUFOUS or ALLEN=92S HUMMINGBIRD)=20
continues to come to Laura Erickson=92s feeders in the lakeside=20
neighborhood of Duluth. The bird was seen again yesterday.

A PACIFIC LOON was seen on the 19th and 20th at Agate Bay in Two=20
Harbors.

Janet Blixt had two NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS in her yard in the central=20
hillside area of Duluth on the 21st.

GREAT GRAY OWLS and NORTHERN HAWK OWLS continue to be seen frequently=20
across Northeastern Minnesota. They were again reported this week at=20
too many locations to mention here, but many birders had success in the=20=

Sax-Zim area along Cty Rd 7 between 52 and 319, along Hwy 133 between=20
Hwy 53 and Meadowlands, and along other roads in the area, including=20
McDavitt Rd and Admiral Rd. Between and to the north of Two Harbors and=20=

Duluth, Jim Lind found a number of Great Grays along Forest Hwy 11. =20
Closer to Duluth, Great Grays were seen this week in the pine=20
plantation at Hawk Ridge and at the intersection of Maxwell and Oak=20
Street. Please continue to report the time and location of your=20
sightings.

Ann russ found an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN in the harbor at Taconite=20
Harbor on the 21st, and Uwe Kausch saw another along Lake Cty Rd 2, a=20
mile north of Two Harbors on the 22nd.

The Duluth Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 18,=20=

2004.  Anyone interested in participating should contact compiler Jim=20
Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) for more information.

The Two Harbors Christmas Bird Count will be held the following day on=20=

Sunday, December 19, 2004.  Please contact compiler Frank Nicoletti=20
(bjboreal@aol.com) if interested in participating

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, December=20=

2.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-728-5030.=20
Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded=20
message.

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota=20
Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more=20
information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum to=20
mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.=