[mou] Duluth RBA 12/1/05

[Jim Lind]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, December 1st, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A HARLEQUIN DUCK was found today by Steve Dahl at the Knife River 
marina in Lake County.  

Peder Svingen and Jeannie Joppru found two adult and one first-winter 
GLAUCOUS GULL at Wisconsin Point on the 26th, as well as a first-
winter THAYER'S GULL.  They also found a late-lingering HOODED 
MERGANSER, NORTHERN PINTAILS, and two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS in the 
Duluth Harbor.  

Shaun Putz, Larry Semo, and Robbye Johnson found a SNOWY OWL on the 
26th on the Minnesota breakwall at the Superior Entry.  They also 
found a first-winter ICELAND GULL on the ice in Alouez Bay in 
Superior on the 26th.  The CALIFORNIA GULL was relocated on the 22nd 
at Wisconsin Point.

Bob Myers found a SNOWY OWL on the 25th along Highway 61, about a 
half mile east of the Silver Bay Marina entrance, on Northshore 
Mining property.  Another SNOWY OWL was found on the 25th, and 
relocated on the 26th, along Lake County Road 3 about a mile east of 
the Silver Bay Airport, which was relocated the next day.  Bill Tefft 
found a SNOWY OWL in the Sax-Zim bog along CR 7 about 2.5 miles south 
of the Byrns Greenhouse or 4.3 miles south of the Stone Lake Road (CR 
319).  I have a belated report of a SNOWY OWL along the Stebner Road 
near the Duluth Airport on the 22nd, but it hasn't been relocated 
this week.

NORTHERN HAWK OWLS were seen in several locations in the Sax-Zim bog 
over the weekend.  One was seen on the 25th along CR 133 at the 
junction of the Blue Spruce Road (CR 211), and another along CR 7 
between CR 133 and the Arkola Road (CR 52).  One was seen on the 26th 
along the McDavitt Road (CR 213) about 2 miles north of the Sax Rd 
(CR 28).  Bob Williams and others relocated one yesterday along the 
Stone Lake Road (CR 319), a half mile east of CR 7, where two had 
been reported on the 25th.

Cindy and Kim Risen found a GREAT GRAY OWL today in Aitkin County 
along Kestrel Avenue (CR 64) about five miles north of Tamarack.  The 
Risens also have a flock of 50-100 EVENING GROSBEAKS coming to their 
feeders, and a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER that has been seen 
occasionally.

Mike Hendrickson found a late LAPLAND LONGSPUR in Schroeder, Cook 
County on the 26th.  Mike also received a recent report of a BOREAL 
OWL near the LTV mine in Hoyt Lakes.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, 
December 8th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858.  
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 moumn.org.