[mou] Duluth RBA 12/29/05

[Jim Lind]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, December 29th, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

An adult GYRFALCON was reported by Peder Svingen this afternoon on 
the harbor ice out from the Park Point recreational area.  Peder also 
found five GLAUCOUS GULLS at Canal Park on the 25th and relocated the 
female RING-NECKED DUCK in the harbor on the 25th, and two male 
HOODED MERGANSERS and four GREATER SCAUP on the 26th.

Two male HARLEQUIN DUCKS were seen in Grand Marais on the 24th.  One 
was off Artist Point and the other was in the slip behind the North 
House Folk School.  As many as 13 HORNED GREBES are still being seen 
as of the 27th on Lake Superior, out from the mouth of the Stewart 
River.  A RED-NECKED GREBE was also seen on the 27th at Flood Bay.

Two SPRUCE GROUSE were seen on the 24th along Minnesota Highway 1, 3 
miles south of the Spruce Road, and another was seen 1.2 miles south 
of the Spruce Road.

Dave Grosshuesch found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 28th at the 
junction of Lake County Road 2 and Forest Highway 11 (CR 15), and a 
GREAT GRAY OWL on the Stoney River Forest Road, 2.9 miles north of 
Forest Highway 11.  Tim and Nancy Grimes relocated a NORTHERN HAWK 
OWL on the 27th at the junction of the Stone Lake Road (CR 319) and 
CR 7 in the Sax-Zim bog.

Greg Seegert found a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 25th on the McDavitt Road 
(CR 213), 2.9 miles north of Sax Road (CR 28), and a BOREAL CHICKADEE 
along the Admiral Road (CR 788) just south of the gravel pit on the 
northern portion of the road.  Greg also relocated the SNOWY OWL in 
Aitkin County on CR 16 (Kestrel Avenue) just south of Tamarack.

John Ellis reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Aitkin County on the 27th 
along Minnesota Highway 200 at mile marker 184, west of the Rabey 
Management Area.  John also reported a BOREAL CHICKADEE on the 26th 
in the Sax-Zim bog along Owl Avenue, just north of the bend.

Karen Sussman found a SNOWY OWL on the 26th along US Highway 53 
approximately halfway between mile markers 46 and 47, about 7-8 miles 
north of Cotton.  EVENING GROSBEAKS were found by Linda Sparling on 
the 28th along the Blue Spruce Road, 1.1 mile north of CR 133.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, January 
5th.

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.