[mou] Duluth RBA 11/2/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*November 2, 2007
*MNDU0711.02

-Birds mentioned
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Spruce Grouse
Cattle Egret
Inca Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Boreal Chickadee
Mountain Bluebird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 2, 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, November 1st, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

An INCA DOVE was found by Jim Lind on October 30th along 3rd Street in
downtown Two Harbors, and the bird was still being seen on the afternoon
of November 1st. It has mainly been seen in the backyard of 304 2nd
Avenue, especially under the dense cedars and bird feeders near the
garage. It has also been seen in the back yards of each of the seven
houses to the west. If accepted, this will be the first Minnesota record
for this species.

Sharon Lind found a pair of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS in Grand Marais on the
28th, and they were still present on the 30th. They were initially
spotted along MN Highway 61 near the Java Moose coffee shop, but were
also seen all along the harbor including the Coast Guard station and the
boat launch and campground west of the harbor. Jim and Kayce Solum found
a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER west of the Grand Marais campground along the
Sweetheart Bluff trails. They also had a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at the
Brule River rest stop, and two BOREAL CHICKADEES at Lighthouse Point in
Two Harbors, as well as six CATTLE EGRETS at 3644 Highway 61 on the
30th, just west of the Split Rock River. Rich and Rhonda Sve originally
reported the birds on their lawn on the morning of the 30th at 3648
Highway 61.

BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS and BOREAL
CHICKADEES continue to be reported along the North Shore. A group of
birders counted at least 27 BOREAL CHICKADEES and six BLACK-BACKED
WOODPECKERS between the McQuade Road and Iona's Beach on the 27th. Terry
Wiens saw a female AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER along the Pine Woods
Trail at Hawk Ridge in Duluth, and Bruce and Susan Fall saw two AMERICAN
THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS on the 27th at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors.
As of October 31st, 81 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS had been recorded this
season at Hawk Ridge.

Bruce and Susan Fall carefully identified a late GREAT CRESTED
FLYCATCHER on the 27th along 1st Avenue in downtown Two Harbors. On the
26th they saw a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, three SURF SCOTERS, and two
LONG-TAILED DUCKS at 37th Street on Park Point, and on the 27th they saw
five WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at Paradise Beach north of Grand Marais. Nancy
Richmond saw eight LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the 26th at Good Harbor Bay west
of Grand Marais, and one in the Grand Marais harbor. Two more were seen
at Taconite Harbor on the 27th, as well as two BLACK SCOTERS.

Dee Kuder found a SPRUCE GROUSE in northern St. Louis County along
Forest Road 471, six miles south of the Echo Trail (CR 116). It was seen
along the Norway Hiking Trail.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November
8th. 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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