[mou] Duluth RBA 12/20/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*December 20, 2007
*MNDU0712.20

-Birds mentioned
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Northern Hawk Owl
Great Gray Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Bohemian Waxwing
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: December 20, 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 20th, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was found on the 14th in the Sax-Zim Bog at CR 7 and
the Sax Road (CR 28), and it was still present on the 17th during the
Sax-Zim Christmas Bird Count. Another NORTHERN HAWK OWL was found on the
15th in Duluth along Airpark Boulevard, a quarter mile west of Rice Lake
Road (CR 4), but it has not been relocated. Butch Ukura found a GREAT
GRAY OWL in Aitkin County on the 12th along the Pietz Road, 2.9 miles
north of CR 18.

Allison Clarke reports that the VARIED THRUSH at her home at 226
Ridgewood Road in east Duluth was seen on the 20th and birders are still
welcome to look for the bird. A female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was found by
Joe Hudick on the 18th at the Grand Marais Coast Guard station. This is
possibly one of the birds that were present in November. Joe also saw
400 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in Grand Marais on the 19th.

On the 17th, Debbie Waters reported a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE at the
Northland Country Club in Duluth. Check the coniferous trees that are
across from Old Howard Mill Road and run perpendicular to Skyline
Parkway. Another TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was found on the 15th at 1511
Skywood Lane in Duluth. In Lake County, a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was found
in Two Harbors on the 16th at 8th Ave. and 18th Street, and another was
found at the municipal campground.

An AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was seen on the 15th in the Hunter's
Park neighborhood of Duluth at Lewis Street and Columbus Avenue, and
another was seen at a private residence along Arrowhead Road. A
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was found at Hawk Ridge on the 15th along
Skyline Drive near the Superior Hiking Trail. A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER
was found on the 17th in the Sax-Zim Bog along Lake Nichols Road, 1.1
miles west of US Highway 53.

Peder Svingen found a first-cycle and a second-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL at
Canal Park on the 16th. A THAYER'S GULL was seen here on the 15th, and
another was found on the 16th at Knife River.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, December
27th.

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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