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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 27, 2004 *MNDU0410.27 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 27, 2004
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 Wednesday, October 27, 2004, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
We may be at the beginning of a large irruption of northern owls. Steve and Diane Millard found 7 NORTHERN HAWK OWLS in the Sax-Zim area on Monday and Tuesday, including several birds along Cty Rd 7 north of 133 and another bird a mile east of Cty Rd 7 on Stone Lake Rd. Another bird was reported on the Beyer Rd near Jean Duluth Rd and the Strand Rd on the 24th.
The Millards also found a GREAT GRAY OWL on Cty Rd 83, 2.5 miles south of 27. Jim Lind found another today on the Stanley Rd (Cty Rd 9) about 4 miles west of Hwy 61 and the Two Harbors Ford dealership. Doug Johnson found another along Hwy 61 one mile west of Flood Bay. Yet another Great Gray was seen along Cty Rd 16 between Makinen and Brimson. The bird was in the vicinity of the extensive spruce bog one mile west of the entrance to the Whiteface National Forest Service Campground. Uwe Kausch had a GREAT GRAY OWL at his house northeast of Duluth.
The first SNOWY OWL of the season was found October 23rd at Paradise Beach in Cook County, about 14 miles northeast of Grand Marais.
The CLARK'S NUTCRACKER in Silver Bay was seen by many observers through the 24th, but to my knowledge it has not been seen since.
Mike Hendrickson saw a PACIFIC LOON and a BLACK SCOTER on Lake Superior off Park Point today.
Chris Wood found a first-winter LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the mouth of the Knife River on the 26th. Jim Lind found a first-winter THAYER'S GULL there on the same day. Peder Svingen and Phil Chu found 5 CATTLE EGRETS in Two Harbors on the 23rd. The birds were on the ball field along Hwy 2, two blocks north of 61. They were still present on the 24th. A HARLEQUIN DUCK, a LONG-TAILED DUCK, and SURF SCOTERS have been seen in Burlington Bay at Two Harbors at various times this week.
Two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were seen at Grand Marais over the weekend, and SURF SCOTERS and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were observed at Paradise Beach during the last week.
Several THAYER'S GULLS and at least two GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS have been seen at the Superior Entry between Minnesota and Wisconsin Points earlier this week. Mike Conley had an albino AMERICAN ROBIN in Proctor on the 21st and 22nd.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 4.
The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-728-5030. 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 to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.
