[mou] RE: [BIRDCNTR] MN/Duluth RBA - November 23, 2004

[Nancy Bent]

Hummingbird AND owls ... this is a weird year!

>From: "Minn. Ornith. Union David Cahlander" 
<dac@CBS.UMN.EDU>
>Reply-To: "Minn. Ornith. Union David Cahlander" 
<dac@CBS.UMN.EDU>
>To: BIRDCNTR@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>Subject: [BIRDCNTR] MN/Duluth RBA - November 23, 2004
>Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:09:43 -0600
>
>-RBA
>*Minnesota
>*Duluth/North Shore
>*November 23, 2004
>*MNDU0411.23
>
>-Birds mentioned
>Pacific Loon
>American White Pelican
>Northern Hawk Owl
>Great Gray Owl
>ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD (or Rufous Hummingbird)
>Northern Mockingbird
>-Transcript
>
>Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
>Date:  November 23, 2004
>Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
>Reports: (218) 728-5030
>Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
>Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
>
>This is the Duluth Birding Report for Tuesday, November 23, 2004,
>sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
>
>The selasphorus sp. hummingbird (RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD or ALLEN'S 
HUMMINGBIRD)
>continues to come to Laura Erickson's feeders in the lakeside
>neighborhood of Duluth. The bird was seen again yesterday.
>
>A PACIFIC LOON was seen on the 19th and 20th at Agate Bay in Two
>Harbors.
>
>Janet Blixt had two NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS in her yard in the central
>hillside area of Duluth on the 21st.
>
>GREAT GRAY OWLS and NORTHERN HAWK OWLS continue to be seen frequently
>across Northeastern Minnesota. They were again reported this week at
>too many locations to mention here, but many birders had success in the
>
>Sax-Zim area along Cty Rd 7 between 52 and 319, along Hwy 133 between
>Hwy 53 and Meadowlands, and along other roads in the area, including
>McDavitt Rd and Admiral Rd. Between and to the north of Two Harbors and
>
>Duluth, Jim Lind found a number of Great Grays along Forest Hwy 11.
>Closer to Duluth, Great Grays were seen this week in the pine
>plantation at Hawk Ridge and at the intersection of Maxwell and Oak
>Street. Please continue to report the time and location of your
>sightings.
>
>Ann russ found an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN in the harbor at Taconite
>Harbor on the 21st, and Uwe Kausch saw another along Lake Cty Rd 2, a
>mile north of Two Harbors on the 22nd.
>
>The Duluth Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 18,
>
>2004.  Anyone interested in participating should contact compiler Jim
>Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net) for more information.
>
>The Two Harbors Christmas Bird Count will be held the following day on
>
>Sunday, December 19, 2004.  Please contact compiler Frank Nicoletti
>(bjboreal@aol.com) if interested in participating
>
>The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, December
>
>2.
>
>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.=