[mou] Duluth RBA 11/22/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*November 22, 2007
*MNDU0711.22

-Birds mentioned
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Spruce Grouse
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove
Great Gray Owl
Short-eared Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Boreal Chickadee
Townsend's Solitaire
Northern Mockingbird
Bohemian Waxwing
Harris's Sparrow
Red Crossbill
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 22, 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 22nd, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The INCA DOVE along 3rd Street in downtown Two Harbors was still being
seen as of the 20th. 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 WHITE-WINGED DOVE was photographed at a feeder in northern Lake County
on the 20th and 21st, along the Fernberg Trail (CR 18) east of Ely. I do
not yet have any information regarding the exact location or possible
access. Shawn Conrad reports that at least one of the EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVES in Grand Rapids continues to be seen.

Kim Eckert found a first-winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 17th off
Garfield Avenue in west Duluth, and it was later seen near the WLSSD
plant at 27th Avenue West. Dave and Lars Benson also saw two
first-winter LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, a first-winter ICELAND GULL, and
a first-winter THAYER'S GULL on the 17th at 27th Avenue West, as well as
four WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. Mike Hendrickson saw several of the same gull
species at the Superior landfill on the 20th, including a third-cycle
ICELAND GULL, a third-cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, an adult GLAUCOUS
GULL, and three THAYER’S GULLS.

Nancy Jackson saw a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on the 17th and 18th in Hoyt
Lakes. The bird is being seen behind the pink house on Elmwood Street,
and has apparently been present for several weeks. Shawn Zierman found a
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE in Hibbing on the 22nd, near Bennet Park on
Greyhound Boulevard. A TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE has also been seen for the
past several days in downtown Two Harbors. Don and Carol Crust saw it at
204 1st Avenue on the 17th, and it was seen on the 18th at South Avenue
and 1st Street.

Bill Tefft reported a GREAT GRAY OWL and SPRUCE GROUSE on the 22nd along
the Stony River Forest Road (CR380) in northern Lake County. Steve Schon
found a SPRUCE GROUSE northwest of Ely on the 17th along the Echo Trail
(CR 116), just east of the access road to Big Lake. Jim Otto and Doug
Kieser found a SPRUCE GROUSE on the 17th in Cook County along the Lima
Mountain Road, 1.9 miles west of the Gunflint Trail (CR 12). They also
found RED CROSSBILLS on the Lima Grade, 1.5 miles south of the Lima
Mountain Road, and two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS along the Magnetic Rock
Hiking Trail near Gunflint Lake. They relocated the SURF SCOTER in the
Grand Marais Harbor, and found ten LONG-TAILED DUCKS and three
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at Paradise Beach.

Jan Green found a flock of 120 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in Knife River on the
22nd. Dave Benson reported a flock of about 45 on the 20th along Central
Entrance in Duluth, behind the Jiffy Lube. Flocks have also been seen
recently in downtown Two Harbors, Ely, and Grand Marais. A late HARRIS'S
SPARROW was seen on the 18th in Two Harbors, behind Judy’s Restaurant
along Highway 61. A male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was also seen at
Lighthouse Point on the 18th.

Warren Nelson and Butch Ukura birded the Hedbom Forest Road in Aitkin
County on the 17th and found two AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS and six
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS about 9.3 miles east of the west entrance, and
four BOREAL CHICKADEES about 5.6 miles east of the west entrance. Along
County Road 18 they found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER about 0.25 mile east
of the Hebron Cemetery. Warren found a SHORT-EARED OWL on the 22nd along
CR 1, 0.5 mile east of CR 22.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November
29th. 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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