[mou] Duluth RBA 10/14/04

[David Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 14th, 2004, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Peg Robertsen has a CLARK'S NUTCRACKER at her feeders in Silver Bay. 
The bird was found today and was still present at nightfall this 
evening. Silver Bay is about 55 miles from Duluth on Highway 61. At the 
Silver Bay stop light on Highway 61 (the only one), turn left
onto Outer Drive and go 1.5 mile to the first stop sign, which is 
Edison Boulevard.  Turn left and go about 2 blocks to 144 Edison 
Boulevard, which is on the right.  Just park along the street and be 
sure not to walk beyond the sidewalk into anyone's yard.

Tom Auer found a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER at 40th Ave West on the 7th. 
The bird has not been reported again since the 9th. Another 
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was found by Jerry Wozniaki on the 9th on Hwy 
5 in Northern St. Louis County.

Mike Hendrickson saw a first-winter LITTLE GULL, a winter-plumage 
PACIFIC LOON, and a first-winter THAYER'S GULL at the Superior Entry on 
the 10th. He also found WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS in the pines at 
Wisconsin Point, and the two WESTERN GREBES were still on the lake off 
Minnesota Point. Dan Ammerman saw the GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL at 
Wisconsin Point in Superior on the 11th.

Dan Beran saw a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE at Minnesota Point near the 
airport on the 9th. Nick Tangen reported a ROSS' GOOSE at the ballfield 
at Park Point on the 13th. Don Kienholz had a BOREAL CHICKADEE at his 
feeders in Duluth on the 11th.

Many observers saw SHORT-EARED OWLS late last week.  Jim Barrett saw at 
least six at 40th Ave West in Duluth on the 7th. Jim and Sharon Lind 
saw at least five birds at various points along the North Shore on the 
9th. They also reported six SURF SCOTERS and one WHITE-WINGED SCOTER at 
Paradise Beach on the 10th, and another SURF SCOTER at Good Harbor Bay. 
Steve Weston saw at least three SURF SCOTERS off Minnesota Point on the 
10th. Jan Green saw an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN at Brighton Beach on the 
10th.

In Sax-Zim, Deb Buria-Falkowski saw the NORTHERN HAWK OWL and NORTHERN 
SHRIKE at Stone Lake Rd (Cty Rd 319) on the 11th. Ben Yokel had a GREAT 
GRAY OWL on Hwy 16 (Townline Rd), 7.5 miles west of Hwy 7.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 
21st.

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.