[mou] Duluth RBA 12/16/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*December 16, 2007
*MNDU0712.16

-Birds mentioned
Gadwall
Hooded Merganser
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Northern Hawk Owl
Great Gray Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Boreal Chickadee
Varied Thrush
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: December 16, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Sunday, December 16th, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. This report is being
updated to report on results from the Duluth and Two Harbors Christmas
Bird Counts.

A tentative total of 54 species was found by 59 participants on
Saturday's Duluth Christmas Bird Count. Two AMERICAN THREE-TOED
WOODPECKERS were seen, representing a new species for the count. One was
seen in Hunters Park at Lewis Street and Columbus Avenue, and another
was seen at a private residence along Arrowhead Road. Other species of
note included GADWALL and HOODED MERGANSER in the Duluth Harbor, two
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, a COOPER’S HAWK in East Duluth, four MERLINS, a
PEREGRINE FALCON in the Duluth Harbor, a THAYER’S GULL at Canal Park, a
NORTHERN HAWK OWL along Airpark Boulevard a quarter mile west of Rice
Lake Road (CR 4), a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at Hawk Ridge, a TOWNSEND’S
SOLITAIRE at 1511 Skywood Lane, and a VARIED THRUSH at 226 Ridgewood
Road, as well as a record-high count of 31 PILEATED WOODPECKERS. Species
missed included Bufflehead, Snow Bunting, Common Grackle, and Evening
Grosbeak. If you saw any of these species on Saturday within the Duluth
count circle, please leave a message about your sighting.

Today's Two Harbors Christmas Bird Count turned up a preliminary total
of 37 species, including an adult THAYER’S GULL at Knife River, a
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER off the Clover Valley Road, BOREAL CHICKADEES
off the Alseth Road, and a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE at 8th Ave. and 18th
Street in Two Harbors and another at the municipal campground.

Repeating some of the sightings from Thursday's report, 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).

Birders are still welcome to look for the VARIED THRUSH at 226 Ridgewood
Road in east Duluth, which was seen on the 15th along with a BOREAL
CHICKADEE.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, December
20th.

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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