[mou] Duluth RBA 11/15/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*November 15, 2007
*MNDU0711.15

-Birds mentioned
Surf Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Inca Dove
Northern Hawk Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Boreal Chickadee
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 15, 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 15th, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The INCA DOVE along 3rd Street in downtown Two Harbors was still being
seen as of the 15th. 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 backyards of each of the seven
houses to the west, especially in the ash trees in the two houses to the
west.

A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was found by Ben, Joshua and Peter Yokel on the 10th
north of Cotton along the Melrude Road (CR 59), just east of Highway 53.
They also have had two BOREAL CHICKADEES coming to their feeders in
Melrude for the past few weeks.

Paul Budde found a juvenile LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL in Duluth on the
10th at 27th Avenue West near the mouth of Miller Creek. Mike
Hendrickson saw an adult ICELAND GULL and a first-cycle THAYER'S GULL at
the Superior landfill on the 10th. Peder Svingen found two SURF SCOTERS
and a LONG-TAILED DUCK on the 9th on the bay side of Park Point between
27th Street and the rowing club.

Lane Ellwanger and others relocated the female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD at the
Grand Marais municipal campground on the 11th, as well as a TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRE. They also found a first winter GLAUCOUS GULL and a SURF
SCOTER in the harbor, and a male AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER at 1427
Croftville Road.

A late CAPE MAY WARBLER was seen on the 12th at the Larsmont Cottages,
about four miles southwest of Two Harbors. Jan Green saw a late
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER on the 14th along the Old North Shore Road in
Duluth Township.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November
22nd. 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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