[mou] Duluth RBA 2/2/06

[Jim Lind]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, February 2nd, 2006 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A probable overwintering YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was found by Kim 
Eckert on the 27th along Skyline Parkway in Duluth, about 100 yards 
east of the entrance to Chester Bowl.  Kim also relocated the bird on 
the 30th.

The adult GYFALCON in the Duluth harbor was relocated by Lane 
Ellwanger, Peder Svingen, and others at about 3:00 pm on January 29th 
on top of the Holcim elevator next to the Blatnik Bridge.  Ben 
Wieland and Dale Yerger reported a juvenile GYRFALCON at 1:30 pm on 
the 28th at Canal Park, interacting with an adult PEREGRINE FALCON.  
Ben also reported an adult ICELAND GULL, a second-winter THAYER'S 
GULL, and a second-winter GLAUCOUS GULL at Canal Park.  Chet Myers 
relocated the LONG-TAILED DUCK today in the shipping lane at Canal 
Park.  

BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were reported by several observers over the 
weekend in the Sax-Zim bog along the McDavitt Road (CR 213), about 
2.5 miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28) near the logging trail on the 
east side of the road.  BOREAL CHICKADEES were reported by Lane 
Ellwanger on the 29th along the Admiral Road (CR 788) and along Owl 
Avenue.  Ben Wieland and Molly Malacek found a Boreal Chickadee on 
the 29th along the Arkola Road (CR 52), about 0.5 mile east of Owl 
Avenue.  

Ben and Molly also relocated the NORTHERN HAWK OWL along the McDavitt 
Road, and Chet Myers relocated the one along the Stone Lake Road 
today.  Chris Elmgen reported the Hawk Owl along the Lavaque Road (CR 
48) on the 27th, about 2 miles north of the Martin Road (CR 9).  
Linda and Doug Kincaid reported a Hawk Owl in Aitkin County on the 
26th along CR 56 (390th St.), about 1.5 miles east of US Highway 169. 
 They also found two SNOWY OWLS along CR 1, north of the diversion 
channel.

BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen northeast of Duluth on the 29th at the 
junction of the Homestead Road (CR 42) and the West Knife River Road. 
 

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, 
February 9th.

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.