Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 19, 2006 *MNDU0610.19-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 19, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 19th, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Don Kienholz found a female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD on the 17th at Bayfront Park in Duluth. It was originally seen between the stage and the aquarium, but was relocated on the 18th and today west of the park near 7th Avenue West. Another female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was found west of Two Harbors on the 18th along the MN Highway 61 expressway, about three blocks east of the big Ford dealership. It could not be relocated today. Jeff Newman reports a female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD on the 18th in his yard near the corner of 44th Avenue East and Regent Street in Duluth. Jeff also had a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER in his yard on the 16th.
A SPOTTED TOWHEE visited the yard of Audrey and Joel Evers in Hoyt Lakes on the 14th, but it has not been seen since. Mike Hendrickson found a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on the 16th on the west end of Gitchi Gammi Park in east Duluth. Deb and Steve Falkowski found a male HARLEQUIN DUCK on the 15th along Scenic Highway 61 about three miles southwest of Stoney Point near fire number 5174. At Park Point in Duluth they found four WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at 12th Street and two BLACK SCOTERS near the rowing club. Bruce Munson reported a LITTLE GULL at Wisconsin Point on the 14th.
A LONG-TAILED DUCK was found today along Scenic Highway 61 about three miles east of Lester River at fire number 8517. Two immature ROSS'S GEESE were still present today at the Two Harbors golf course, along with at least 238 CACKLING GEESE, 25 SNOW GEESE, and 120 CANADA GEESE.
Peder Svingen and Tony Hertzel found a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER in Cook County on the 15th along the Croftville Road, as well as a SHORT-EARED OWL near the mouth of the Brule River at Naniboujou Lodge, and a male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at the Sprague Creek ponds.
Jan Green found two female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS on the 15th in Two Harbors at Lighthouse Point. This afternoon a male and female were seen here along the trail on the east side of the point. Another BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was found today in Two Harbors at the corner of 4th Avenue and 1st Street. Deb and Steve Falkowski found one on the 15th at Stoney Point.
Steve and Ann Schon found two SPRUCE GROUSE on the 15th about a half mile west of MN Highway 1, on the second gravel road going west off Highway 1 about 1.5 miles south of the Spruce Road. Shawn Conrad found two SPRUCE GROUSE in Koochiching County on the 18th along the Hendrickson Road and another on the Toumey Williams Road near the Hendrickson Road. On the 19th he saw one along MN Highway 65 within the Nett Lake Reservation.
Warren Nelson and Steve and Jo Blanich birded Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Aitkin County over the weekend and saw TRUMPETER SWAN, TUNDRA SWAN, nine shorebird species, and at least 150,000 RING-NECKED DUCKS.
SNOW BUNTINGS, NORTHERN SHRIKES, BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, PINE SISKINS, COMMON REDPOLLS, and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS are being reported from many locations throughout northern Minnesota, especially along the North Shore.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 26th.
The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.
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