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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 20, 2003 *MNDU0303.20 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 20, 2003
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 728-5030
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 20, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS are calling, with reports this week from Duluth, Grand Marais, Grand Portage, and 17 heard on two consecutive nights on the Stony River Forest Road in Lake Cty.
Nancy Jackson found three BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS on St. Louis Cty Rd 16, 6 miles east of the jct. with Cty Rd 4 on the 16th.
Peder Svingen and Phil Chu found several SPRUCE GROUSE on the 16th at several locations:30.5 miles and 37.0 miles north of Two Harbors on Lake Cty Rd 2, and on Hwy 1, 10 miles northwest of the jct. with Cty Rd 2.
Raptors appear to be migrating through Duluth. There were six BALD EAGLES on the ice off Leif Erickson park on the 17th, and today a NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen flying through the East Hillside area.
Chris Mansfield reported RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS as far north as Hinckley on the 17th. RING-BILLED GULLS have returned in small numbers this week.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 27.
The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 728-5030, and callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of each tape.
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@cbs.umn.edu; or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.
