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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *January 3, 2002 *MNDU0201.03 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: January 3, 2002
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
This is the Duluth birding report for January 3, 2002, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The birding has been very slow so far this winter in Duluth, with few reports of winter owls, no gyrfalcon, and just a handful of feeder reports.
SNOWY OWLS were reported from the Duluth harbor on the 30th and the 1st from near I-35 and 27th Ave West.
Craig Mandel reported 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and a first-winter GLAUCOUS GULL from the main harbor in Two Harbors on the 1st.
The Isabella Christmas Bird Count was held on December 30th. Despite high winds, an average total of 22 species was recorded, including a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the Gladen Road in Isabella. No other owls were seen, and no Spruce Grouse were found. Also of note were the record high total (441) for BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE and the record low (8) for RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.
Another NORTHERN HAWK OWL was seen this week on Lake County Road 2 near Greenwood Lake, and the only GREAT GRAY OWL reports are of birds seen inconsistently along County Road 11 in Lake County.
The GREATER SCAUP that was seen on the Christmas Bird Count was still in the harbor as of the 26th, a new late record for this species. The male GREEN-WINGED TEAL was still with the large flock of MALLARDS and AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS on the 1st.
Two SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS were reported this week, one from Gnesen Township and the other from West Duluth.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, January 10. The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 525-5952, and callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of each tape. Messages can also be left without having to wait for the report to end: to do this, after the tape starts playing push 5, the tape will stop, the tone will sound, and you can then leave your 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 of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455; or send an e-mail to mou@biosci.umn.edu; or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.
