[mou] Duluth RBA 12/27/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*December 27, 2007
*MNDU0712.27

-Birds mentioned
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Snowy Owl
Great Gray Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Boreal Chickadee
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Song Sparrow
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: December 27, 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 27th, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A GREAT GRAY OWL was found by Greg Seegert on the 24th in the Sax-Zim
Bog along the McDavitt Road (CR 213), 2.5 miles north of the Sax Road
(CR 28). Greg also found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER along the Admiral
Road (CR 788), 0.1 mile south of the gravel pit.

On the 23rd along the Hedbom Forest Road in Aitkin County, Greg found an
AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER and two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS 0.4 mile
west of the St. Louis County line. He found another BLACK-BACKED
WOODPECKER 0.7 mile west of the county line. He found a flock of eight
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE on the east side of Kestrel Avenue (CR 16), about
0.5 mile south of Tamarack, a flock of nine on the south side of 420th
Street, 1.8 miles west of Kestrel Avenue (CR 16), and a flock of seven
on the north side of CR 18, 2-3 miles east of US Highway 169.

Along Lake County Road 2 on the 25th, Greg found three BOREAL CHICKADEES
0.1 mile north of Greenwood Creek, and two along Forest Trail 834 at the
southern tip of Greenwood Lake. He found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER along
CR 2, 0.4 mile south of Greenwood Creek, and two more 1.1 miles south of
Greenwood Creek.

Karl Bardon found a SLATY-BACKED GULL at the Superior, WI landfill on
the 21st, as well as eight GLAUCOUS GULLS, seven THAYER'S GULLS, and
three ICELAND GULLS.

Sparky Stensaas found a SNOWY OWL on the 22nd in Duluth along Airport
Road near Cirrus Design. Several birders have had encounters with
security personnel in this area in the past, so discretion is strongly
advised when looking for this bird.

The VARIED THRUSH at 226 Ridgewood Road in east Duluth was still being
seen as of the 25th. Mike Hendrickson had a late-lingering SONG SPARROW
on the 22nd in his yard in Smithville. One of the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES
in Two Harbors was relocated on the 21st at 1st Street and 4th Avenue. A
first-year GLAUCOUS GULL was seen on the 24th at Agate Bay in Two
Harbors.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, January
3rd.

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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