[mou] [rba] Duluth RBA 10/30/08

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*October 30, 2008
*MNDU0810.30

-Birds mentioned
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Summer Tanager
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 30, 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, October 30th, 2008
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Two PACIFIC LOONS and a juvenile RED-THROATED LOON were found by Peder
Svingen on the 24th on Lake Superior between the Park Point Recreation
Area and the Sky Harbor Airport. Another juvenile RED-THROATED LOON was
at the Lafayette Square 31st Street access. Mike Hendrickson and Peder
saw two adult RED-THROATED LOONS on the 26th between the Recreation Area
and the Sky Harbor Airport, a female or immature HARLEQUIN DUCK at
Lafayette Square, and an adult THAYER'S GULL on the Minnesota side of
the Superior Entry. Peder saw a first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL on the 30th at
the mouth of Miller Creek near 27th Avenue West.

Don Kienholz reported a dead SNOWY OWL on the 27th near Garfield Avenue
and Railroad Street in the Duluth harbor. A MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD flew by
Hawk Ridge on the 27th, and a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen on the 26th.
Shawn Zierman reported a ROSS’S GOOSE on the 26th at the New Page paper
plant along I-35 at Central Avenue in west Duluth.

A female SUMMER TANAGER was seen on the 30th in downtown Two Harbors at
320 2nd Avenue. Bart Anderson saw a male HARLEQUIN DUCK at Agate Bay on
the 24th, and the BLACK SCOTER and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER continued to be
seen as recently as the 29th. Bart also saw a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on
the 27th at Good Harbor Bay in Cook County, four miles southwest of
Grand Marais, and a SMITH’S LONGSPUR on the 26th at the Lutsen sewage
ponds. Denny and Barb Martin relocated a HARLEQUIN DUCK on the 26th at
the Grand Portage sewage ponds, and they saw a SURF SCOTER at Paradise
Beach. LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen at Taconite Harbor on the 25th, and
as many as three BLACK SCOTERS were reported in the Grand Marais harbor
by several observers.

Earl Orf found two NORTHERN HAWK OWLS on the 29th along the Gunflint
Trail (CR 12) in Cook County. The first one was 23 miles north of Grand
Marais, just south of the Moose Viewing Area, and the second one was
37.5 miles north of town. An AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was seen
briefly on the 26th along the Croftville Road just east of Grand Marais,
but it quickly flew off to the east and was not relocated.

Shawn Zierman found at least six BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and one female
AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the 29th in Aitkin County along the
east end of the Hedbom Forest Road, west of Floodwood.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November
6th.

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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