[mou] Birding
Mike Hendrickson
smithville4@charter.net
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:17:17 -0600
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Day one of two days scheduled with John Walker and two of his friends, =
from Yorkshire, England.
Highlights:
-Snowy Owl: Port Terminal. Located the snowy owl along some rocks. The =
owl flew out and I found a nice fresh pellet which I kept.
-Northern Hawk Owl: Near Northstar Flooring on Hwy 4 north of the =
Martin Rd. at 1:30pm. We observed the owl make a dive a pulled out a =
small rat. YEs a rat! A large eared, long tail medium size rat about 7 =
inched long. It snapped the head off and flew into the woods behind =
Northstar Flooring out of sight.
-Black-backed Woodpeckers (females) Two locations: 1. 2.6 miles west of =
the east gate on the south side of the road on the Hedbom Logging Trail =
Rd. 2. Sax Zim Bog Area on the NE corner of Overton Rd. and Owl Ave. =
This is a worked out area by woodpeckers.
-Boreal Chickadees: Arkola Rd just east of Owl Ave. and also along the =
Blue Spruce Rd. in the Sax Zim Bog Area.
-Red Crossbills: Two nice males perched up along the Blue Spruce Rd in =
the Sax Zim Bog Area.
-White-winged Crossbills: Arkola Rd in the Sax Zim Bog Area.
-Sharp-tailed Grouse: (4) at the lek on Co. Rd 29 in the Sax Zim Bog =
Area.=20
-Iceland Gull: WI Landfill. A first cycle bird.=20
-Thayer's Gulls: WI Landfill. One 1st cycle. Two adults.
-Glaucous Gulls: WI Landfill. Two 1st cycle birds and one adult.
Other Birds:
-Common Redpoll
-Evening Grosbeaks (Lake Nichols Lake Rd 232 off Hwy. 53)
-Pine Grosbeaks
-Gray Jays
-White-winged Scoter in the slip at Canal Park. Getting close to =
breeding plumage!
-Peregrine Falcon
** Owl Avenue is going thru some changes. I counted 3 swatches of timber =
removed on each side of the road. They do not go very far in but I am =
sure logging is not that far away. Also loggers are removing trees on =
the Hedbom Logging Trail Rd on the county line and looks like they are =
removing trees on the St. Louis Co. side, mostly hardwood trees. The =
Hedbom Logging Trail Rd is in good shape but the surface is a hard =
packed snow/ice covering and very slick! Also despite the report on the =
Duluth RBA about the Gyr, well in the last month several groups, =
individuals and other parties have failed many times in locating the =
Gyr. I am sure its still around but its still a very hard bird to =
locate despite looking in the morning, afternoons and evening hours. The =
best place to look for this bird is in Dakota Co.
Michael Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>Day one =
of two days=20
scheduled with John Walker and two of his friends, from Yorkshire,=20
England.</FONT></DIV>
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size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000=20
size=3D2>Highlights:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Snowy =
Owl: Port=20
Terminal. Located the snowy owl along some rocks. The owl flew out and=20
I found a nice fresh pellet which I kept.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Northern =
Hawk=20
Owl: Near Northstar Flooring on Hwy 4 north of the Martin Rd. at =
1:30pm.=20
We observed the owl make a dive a pulled out a small rat. YEs a rat! A =
large=20
eared, long tail medium size rat about 7 inched long. It snapped the =
head off=20
and flew into the woods behind Northstar Flooring out of =
sight.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>-Black-backed=20
Woodpeckers (females) Two locations: 1. 2.6 miles west of the east gate =
on the=20
south side of the road on the Hedbom Logging Trail Rd. 2. Sax Zim =
Bog Area=20
on the NE corner of Overton Rd. and Owl Ave. This is a worked out area =
by=20
woodpeckers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Boreal=20
Chickadees: Arkola Rd just east of Owl Ave. and also along the =
Blue Spruce=20
Rd. in the Sax Zim Bog Area.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Red =
Crossbills: Two=20
nice males perched up along the Blue Spruce Rd in the Sax Zim Bog=20
Area.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>-White-winged=20
Crossbills: Arkola Rd in the Sax Zim Bog Area.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>-Sharp-tailed Grouse:=20
(4) at the lek on Co. Rd 29 in the Sax Zim Bog Area. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Iceland =
Gull: WI=20
Landfill. A first cycle bird. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Thayer's =
Gulls: WI=20
Landfill. One 1st cycle. Two adults.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Glaucous =
Gulls: WI=20
Landfill. Two 1st cycle birds and one adult.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>Other=20
Birds:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Common=20
Redpoll</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Evening =
Grosbeaks=20
(Lake Nichols Lake Rd 232 off Hwy. 53)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Pine=20
Grosbeaks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>-Gray =
Jays</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>-White-winged Scoter in=20
the slip at Canal Park. Getting close to breeding plumage!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2>-Peregrine=20
Falcon</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>** Owl =
Avenue is going=20
thru some changes. I counted 3 swatches of timber removed on each =
side of=20
the road. They do not go very far in but I am sure logging is not that =
far=20
away. Also loggers are removing trees on the Hedbom Logging Trail =
Rd on=20
the county line and looks like they are removing trees on the St. Louis =
Co.=20
side, mostly hardwood trees. The Hedbom Logging Trail Rd is in good =
shape but=20
the surface is a hard packed snow/ice covering and very slick! Also =
despite the=20
report on the Duluth RBA about the Gyr, well in the last month several =
groups,=20
individuals and other parties have failed many times in locating the =
Gyr. =20
I am sure its still around but its still a very hard bird to locate =
despite=20
looking in the morning, afternoons and evening hours. The best place to =
look for=20
this bird is in Dakota Co.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 =
size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>Michael=20
Hendrickson<BR>Duluth, Minnesota<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart=
er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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