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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *December 8, 2005 *MNDU0512.08 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: December 8, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
Transcriber: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, December 8th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Four owl species were seen in the Sax-Zim bog on December 3rd by Doug Kieser, Jim Otto, and Scott Meyer. They found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL along the Stone Lake Road (CR 319), 0.25 mile east of County Road 7, and another along the Arkola Road (CR 52) 0.1 mile west of the Stickney Road (CR 207). Two GREAT GRAY OWLS were along the McDavitt Road (CR 213), about three miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28), and a SNOWY OWL was seen along the Arkola Road (CR 52), two miles west of County Road 7. They also saw a GREAT HORNED OWL on Owl Avenue (CR 202) just north of the Overton Road.
A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen in the Brimson area on the 5th, along the Pequaywan Lake Road (CR 44) near the junction of the North Bear Lake Road. Karen and Gerald Rona reported seeing a Great Gray in their yard near the junction of the Canosia Road (CR 98) and Old US Highway 2.
A SNOWY OWL was seen on the west side of the Duluth airport on the 6th and relocated on the 7th. It was just south of the Fed Ex building along Airport Approach Road, which can be reached by turning north off US Highway 53 at Stebner Road. Dave Evans reports at least two Snowy Owls in the past week in the Duluth harbor, one in the Port Terminal area and one near the ore docks near 30th Avenue West. Three Snowys have also been seen near Murphy Oil in Superior.
Warren Lind saw two Snowy Owls on Northshore Mining property in Silver Bay on the 21st, between the taconite plant and Lake Superior. Although they would be difficult to see from Highway 61, they might be visible with a scope from the Silver Bay marina, or from the city's scenic overlook off Outer Drive (CR 5) in Silver Bay. Warren also saw a late COMMON LOON in the harbor at Northshore Mining today, which should be visible from the Silver Bay marina.
A male HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen on December 3rd at Lighthouse Point in downtown Two Harbors. It was close to shore along the gravel hiking trail on the east side of the lighthouse. This may be the same individual reported from the Knife River marina on the 1st. Late- lingering COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, and RED-NECKED GREBES were also still present on the 3rd at Agate Bay in Two Harbors.
The Duluth Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 17, 2005. Anyone interested in participating should contact compiler Jim Lind at (218) 834-3199 or by e-mail at (jslind@frontiernet.net) for more information.
The Two Harbors Christmas Bird Count will be held the following day on Sunday, December 18, 2005. Please contact compiler Frank Nicoletti (bjboreal@aol.com) if interested in participating.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, December 15th.
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 to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
