[mou] Duluth RBA 2/7/08

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*February 7, 2008
*MNDU0802.07

-Birds mentioned
Long-tailed Duck
Spruce Grouse
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Boreal Chickadee
Pine Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Evening Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: February 7, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, February 7th, 2008
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The SLATY-BACKED GULL at the Superior landfill has been seen and
photographed by several groups of birders as recently as the 6th. Other
sightings at the landfill include two ICELAND GULLS, at least three
THAYER'S GULLS, a second-cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, and up to 14
GLAUCOUS GULLS. The GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was also seen at the WLSSD
treatment plant and at Canal Park in Duluth on the 2nd and 3rd.

Mike Hendrickson found SPRUCE GROUSE on the 2nd in two locations west of
Cook in northern St. Louis County. Two were seen along the Chisholm
Road, 2 miles north of the Olson Road (CR 114). Another was found along
the Lind Road (CR 85) at the intersection of MN Highway 73. Conny
Brunell and Susan Schumacher found five SPRUCE GROUSE on the 2nd at
three locations along Lake County Road 2. One was about 3 miles north of
Greenwood Lake, two were 1.8 miles north of the Sand River, and two were
2.8 miles north of the Sand River.

The NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the Sax-Zim Bog continues to be seen regularly
along CR 7, 0.5 mile south of the Stone Lake Road. Both AMERICAN
THREE-TOED WOODPECKER and BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER were recently seen
along the Blue Spruce Road (CR 211), between 0.1 and 0.4 mile north of
CR 133. Peder Svingen found an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER along the
Admiral Road (CR 788), 0.3 mi north of the Zim Road (CR 27). Mike
Hendrickson found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 1st along the
McDavitt Road (CR 213), 2.5 miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28). Mike
also saw four BOREAL CHICKADEES feeding at a deer carcass hung in a tree
along the Admiral Road, 2.6 miles south of Zim Rd (Co. Rd 27). The
feeding station along the Blue Spruce Road (CR 211) one mile north of CR
133 is still hosting EVENING GROSBEAKS, PINE GROSBEAKS, COMMON REDPOLLS,
and at least three HOARY REDPOLLS.

Shawn Conrad found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Itasca County on the 6th along
US Highway 2, 0.5 mile north of the Aitkin County line. A SNOWY OWL was
found on the 4th by Greg Stoewer in Carlton County, about a mile west of
the Esko School in the Esko on Midway subdivision. Warren Nelson saw a
SNOWY OWL in Aitkin County on the 7th northeast of the town of Aitkin
along Highway 169/210 near 370th Lane, and another north of Aitkin along
CR 1, just east of CR 22. One of the SNOWY OWLS at Airport Road in
Duluth was relocated on the 3rd.

Sparky Stensaas found a flock of about 25 RED CROSSBILLS on the 6th in
Itasca County at the Blueberry Ski Trails north of Deer River. Shawn
Conrad found a flock of 20 RED CROSSBILLS on the 7th at the Grand Rapids
fairgrounds.

Robin LaFortune found two flocks of about 20 LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the
5th northeast of Grand Marais at Paradise Beach in Cook County.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, February
14th.

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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