[mou] more Black-backed Woodpeckers along North Shore

[Frank Berdan]

Another 17 Black-backed Woodpeckers were heard/seen
this morning, while roofing our shed in the 9400 block
of Congdon Blvd (North Shore Scenic Drive, St Louis Co
61).  Two of them took took breaks on nearby pines; I
took a lot more breaks than that just staring back. 
And to think I used to chase this species.

Alas, no Boreal Chickadees yet (but lunchtime is
coming).

Frank Berdan

--- Eckert K R <eckertkr at gmail.com> wrote:

> To: MOU-net <mou-net at moumn.org>
> From: Eckert K R <eckertkr at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:01:14 -0500
> Subject: [mou] Summer Tanager, Black-backed
> Woodpeckers, Boreal Chickadees
> 
> Between Duluth and Two Harbors today, 21 Oct, there
> were several birds 
> of interest, including a female-plumaged Summer
> Tanager at Stoney 
> Point, plus a total of 22 Black-backed Woodpeckers
> and 15 Boreal 
> Chickadees along the North Shore.
> 
> Linda Sparling and I observed the tanager near the
> stone wall at the 
> west end of Stoney Pt around 10 am, but the bird was
> lost from view and 
> could not be relocated after 2 brief sightings a few
> minutes apart.
> 
> We also counted 17 Black-backed Woodpeckers moving
> SW down the N Shore 
> between 8:30 am and noon, and the morning's total
> was 22 individuals 
> after adding in 5 additional Black-backeds seen by
> Mike Hendrickson. 
> The locations were:
> 
> - 1 just E of Brighton Beach
> - 1 at McQuade Rd & Scenic Hwy 61
> - 2 by the Sucker River near Homestead Rd
> - 11 along Stoney Point Dr between the stone wall
> and Alseth Rd
> - 7 in Knife River along Skiff Landing Rd.
> 
> (Note that 21 Black-backed Woodpeckers had been
> counted from the Hawk 
> Ridge Main Overlook on 13 Oct.)
> 
> During the same 3.5-hour time period, Linda and I
> had 13 Boreal 
> Chickadees, and there were 2 others seen by Mike,
> for a total of 15 
> individuals. These locations were:
> 
> - 2 just E of Brighton Beach
> - 1 at McQuade Rd & Scenic Hwy 61
> - 6 near the stone wall at Stoney Pt
> - 6 in Knife River along Skiff Landing Rd.
> 
> Other birds of note today along the N Shore were:
> several N Shrikes and 
> Com Redpolls at various locations, a Gray Jay and a
> late Am Redstart in 
> Two Harbors at Lighthouse Pt, and a Red Crossbill at
> Stoney Pt. And, 
> finally, a belated note that yesterday, 20 Oct, both
> Red-throated and 
> Pacific loons were relocated on the L Superior side
> of Park Point in 
> Duluth: the Red-throated at 16th Street and the
> Pacific at 22nd Street.
> 
> Kim Eckert
> 
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