Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *November 23, 2006 *MNDU0611.23-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 23, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A female SUMMER TANAGER was found this week coming to a feeder in Silver Bay, and it was still present on the 22nd. The homeowners are open to having a limited number of visitors, and people interested in seeing the bird should contact Laura Erickson by e-mail at bluejay@lauraerickson.com
An adult SLATY-BACKED GULL was found by Robbye Johnson and Larry Semo at the Superior landfill on the 17th. Peder Svingen and others relocated the bird at the landfill on the 18th, but I have not heard any subsequent reports. Peder also did a gull census in the Duluth-Superior area on the 18th and found six additional gull species including two adults, one third-cycle, and two first-cycle THAYER'S GULLS at the landfill and an adult Thayer’s at Canal Park, an adult ICELAND GULL on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry, two adult GLAUCOUS GULLS at the Superior Entry, one second-cycle and one first-cycle at the landfill, and an adult at Canal Park, and a first-cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL in Alouez Bay. Jim Otto and Doug Kieser also saw the GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 18th on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry. Deb and Steve Falkowski found a first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 17th on Bailey's Lake in downtown Virginia.
Conny Brunell found three BLACK SCOTERS, two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and 13 TUNDRA SWANS at Park Point on the 17th between the recreation area and 33rd Street. Jan Green found ten additional TUNDRA SWANS here on the 20th, as well as the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE at the recreation area on the 18th. Jan and others have mentioned a general paucity of winter finches in the area in the past few weeks.
Jason Caddy relocated the two female HARLEQUIN DUCKS on the 17th on the south side of the breakwall at Canal Park. Bruce Munson found an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the 19th near the beachhouse at the Park Point recreation area.
Linda Sparling relocated one of the AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS in Two Harbors on the 19th along the snowmobile trail south of the Holiday gas station on the west side of town. Harley Hansen found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 17th at the Split Rock Lighthouse State Park visitors' center. Shawn Conrad and Earl Orf saw a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 19th along Itasca County Road 19, in the tamarack bog 0.5 mile east of CR 142. Shawn found another Black-backed in Itasca County on the 22nd along CR 128, one mile east of Minnesota Highway 6, next to the gate leading to the Deer River stabilization ponds.
Don Kienholz found a late-lingering YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER on the 18th across from the DeWitt Seitz Building in Canal Park. Conny Brunell found a late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET in Duluth on the 17th near 23rd Avenue East.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 30th.
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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