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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *December 15, 2005 *MNDU0512.15 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: December 15, 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 15th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
As the SNOWY OWL invasion spreads across Minnesota and surrounding states, reports continue to come in from the Duluth area. Jean Carpenter found one on the 10th near Esko in Carlton County, at the junction of the Canosia Road (CR 1) and the Harney Road. Dave Benson relocated one in the Port Terminal area of the Duluth harbor on the 9th, under the Blatnik Bridge. Two Snowys were again seen over the weekend in the Sax-Zim bog; one along the Arkola Road (CR 52) about two miles west of CR 7 on the 11th, and another south of the Byrne Greenhouse along CR 7 on the 10th. The two Snowys at Northshore Mining in Silver Bay were also still present as of the 12th. And the Snowy along Airport Approach Road on the west side of the Duluth Airport continues to be seen almost daily.
NORTHERN HAWK OWLS also continued to move into the area over the past week. In addition to those previously reported in the Sax-Zim bog, Karen Sussman found one on December 10th along CR 85, two miles west of MN 73 in northwestern St. Louis County. Also in St. Louis County, one was found on the 11th near Palo along CR 99, a mile north of CR 16, and another was found on the 13th along the Lavaque Road (CR 98), two miles north of the Martin Road (CR 9) just north of Duluth. In Lake County, one was seen on the 7th at the junction of Forest Highway 11 (CR 15) and CR 2 and one was seen on the 11th about six miles east of here along Forest Highway 11.
A late SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on the 11th along Lake County Road 3, two miles southwest of the Silver Bay airport. A late EASTERN BLUEBIRD was found by Jim and Carol Tveekrem in Schroeder, Cook County on the 10th.
An adult THAYER'S GULL was found by Peder Svingen at Canal Park on the 10th. Janet Riegle reports that there is still a PEREGRINE FALCON in downtown Duluth, seen today at Lake Place Park.
RED CROSSBILLS are being seen at several locations in northeastern Minnesota, including Kent Avenue near UMD, the lakeside neighborhood of Duluth, the Brimson area of central St. Louis County, and 4th Avenue and 1st Street in Two Harbors.
The Duluth Christmas Bird Count will be held this 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 Sunday, December 18th to report on results from the weekend's Christmas Bird Counts.
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.
