[mou] Duluth RBA 12/13/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*December 13, 2007
*MNDU0712.13

-Birds mentioned
Gadwall
Common Goldeneye
Red-necked Grebe
Thayer's Gull
Great Gray Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Bohemian Waxwing
Evening Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: December 13, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, December 13th, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Two GREAT GRAY OWLS were recently reported by Mike Hendrickson in the
Sax-Zim Bog. One was seen along CR 29, about two miles east of Owl
Avenue (CR 202). Another was along CR 47 about a half mile north of
Maple Leaf Lake. Doug Kieser and Jim Otto found a GREAT GRAY OWL in
Aitkin County on the 10th along CR 18, 3.0 miles east of US Highway 169.

Cliff Miller found an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in Lake County on
the 8th at the White Pines picnic area along CR 2, 2 miles north of
Forest Highway 11. Cliff also found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER in the
Sax-Zim Bog on the 9th, 0.25 mile from the west end of the Arkola Road
(CR 52). Mike Erickson has had a flock of 20 EVENING GROSBEAKS at his
feeders for the past two weeks at 5972 North Tischer Road (CR 40) north
of Duluth.

The VARIED THRUSH at 226 Ridgewood Road in east Duluth, west of 34th
Avenue East between First and Fourth Streets, was still present on the
11th. It has been seen most consistently between 7:00 and 9:00 am under
the bird feeder. The VARIED THRUSH north of Chisholm in Angora may still
be present, and anyone interested in looking for the bird should contact
Laura Erickson at bluejay at lauraerickson.com for directions.

Don Kienholz found a late EASTERN BLUEBIRD on the 13th along Arlington
Road, less than a quarter mile south of Arrowhead Road in Duluth. Shawn
Zierman found a flock of more than 400 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 9th at
the Park Point recreational area in Duluth, and the flock was still
present on the 10th. More than 400 COMMON GOLDENEYES are being seen in
the shipping canal at Canal Park, as well as a late-lingering GADWALL.
Peder Svingen found an adult THAYER'S GULL earlier this week at Canal
Park.

Two TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES were seen on the 8th in downtown Two Harbors
at 1st Street and South Avenue. A late HARRIS’S SPARROW was seen at 2nd
Avenue and 3rd Street on the same day. A late RED-NECKED GREBE was seen
at Agate Bay on the 11th. The Inca Dove at 304 2nd Avenue has not been
seen since the 5th. Jan Green had a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at her
feeders on the 10th along Old North Shore Drive (CR 290) in Duluth
Township.

The Duluth Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 15,
2007. The Two Harbors Christmas Bird Count will be held the following
day on Sunday, December 16. Anyone interested in participating in either
count should contact compiler Jim Lind at (218) 834-3199 or by e-mail at
jslind at frontiernet.net

The Fredenburg Township Christmas Bird Count will also be held on
Sunday, December 16, 2007. Anyone interested should contact compiler
Celeste Kawulok at (218) 591-6076.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Sunday, December
20th, to report on the results of the Duluth and Two Harbors CBCs. 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, e-mail us
at mou at moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
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