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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *December 18, 2005 *MNDU0512.18 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: December 18, 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 Sunday, December 18, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The report is being updated today to report on the results of area Christmas Bird Counts held this weekend.
Fifty-two people found a preliminary count of 58 species yesterday at the Duluth Christmas Bird Count. Highlights included record high counts of 5 MERLINS, 269 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, 25 NORTHERN CARDINALS, 1,295 PURPLE FINCHES, 2,669 PINE SISKINS, and 1,630 unidentified FINCHES (mostly migrating along Lake Superior). Other highlights included a GADWALL, RING-NECKED DUCK, 5 GREATER SCAUP and a HOODED MERGANSER in the Duluth harbor, a COMMON LOON at Park Point, a PEREGRINE FALCON downtown, two GREAT HORNED OWLS, two SNOWY OWLS in the Duluth Harbor, a BELTED KINGFISHER on Tischer Creek near Arrowhead Road and Columbus Avenue, a VARIED THRUSH in a crab apple tree on the UMD campus along St. Marie Street near Bayview Street, RED CROSSBILLS, a WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, and a HOARY REDPOLL. A "count week" RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen today along Orange Street. Species missed included Bufflehead, Barred Owl, Gray Jay, Boreal Chickadee, and Common Grackle. If you saw any of these species on Saturday within the Duluth count circle, please leave a message about your sighting.
The Two Harbors Christmas Bird Count today turned up a preliminary total of 44 species, including a COMMON LOON at Larsmont, 7 HORNED GREBES near the mouth of the Stewart River, and a MERLIN and VARIED THRUSH at 4th Avenue and 1st Street in downtown Two Harbors. Impressive numbers of finches were also seen on this count, including nearly 1,000 PURPLE FINCHES.
Repeating from Thursday's report, SNOWY OWLS were seen during the previous week in several locations, including one in the Port Terminal area of the Duluth harbor under the Blatnik Bridge, one along Airport Approach Road on the west side of the Duluth Airport, one near Esko in Carlton County, at the junction of the Canosia Road (CR 1) and the Harney Road, one along the Arkola Road (CR 52) about two miles west of CR 7 in the Sax-Zim bog, one along CR 7 south of the Byrne Greenhouse, and two at Northshore Mining property in Silver Bay.
Two NORTHERN HAWK OWLS were relocated in the Sax-Zim bog along the Stone Lake Road on the 17th, one was seen along CR 85, two miles west of MN 73 in northwestern St. Louis County, one was found near Palo along CR 99, a mile north of CR 16, one was along the Lavaque Road (CR 98), 1.3 miles north of the Martin Road (CR 9) on the 17th, one was seen at the junction of Forest Highway 11 (CR 15) and CR 2, and one was also seen about six miles east of here along Forest Highway 11.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, December 22nd.
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.
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