Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *December 14, 2006 *MNDU0612.14-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: December 14, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, December 14th, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The three GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES at the Fond du Lac Resource Management Division office just west of Cloquet were seen as recently as the 12th. They have been seen on both sides of University Road (CR 5), at the Management Division office and near the Fond du Lac school playground.
Dave Grosshuesch found a female/immature LARK BUNTING on the 11th near the Duluth airport. It was seen foraging on the shoulder of Airbase Road, 0.1 mile east of Stebner Road. The bird has not been relocated since the 11th. A flock of at least 300 SNOW BUNTINGS was also seen at the end of the runway off Airbase Road.
A GYRFALCON was found by Peder Svingen and Jim Lind in the Duluth harbor on the 9th. The bird was seen at about 2:00 pm perched on the ice south of the aquarium. They also found a late-lingering SNOW GOOSE, three GREATER SCAUP and a female HOODED MERGANSER in the harbor. Mike Hendrickson found two very late SURF SCOTERS on the 12th in the harbor at Park Point between 29th and 30th Street. Kim Eckert found a late GADWALL and RING-NECKED DUCK at Canal Park on the 8th. Kim found a LONG-TAILED DUCK at the east end of Gitchie Gammi Park in Duluth today.
An immature male and a female HARLEQUIN DUCK are still being seen regularly at Canal Park. Three adult GLAUCOUS GULLS and at least two adult THAYER'S GULLS are also being seen at Canal Park. A possible GLAUCOUS x HERRING GULL hybrid was seen at Canal Park on the 9th and again today. Jason Caddy reported two THAYER’S GULLS, a GLAUCOUS GULL, and an ICELAND GULL at the Superior landfill on the 11th.
A WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was found at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors on the 12th, and was still present today. A flock of seven HORNED GREBES appears to again be overwintering near the mouth of the Stewart River, two miles northeast of Two Harbors. Jason Caddy found a HORNED GREBE just east of Stoney Point today. Pat Clements reported a GREATER SCAUP at Agate Bay in Two Harbors on the 10th.
A female VARIED THRUSH was seen in Duluth by Chris Mansfield on the 8th and again on the 9th near 21st Avenue East and London Road. It was also seen on the 4th just below Superior Street. Another female VARIED THRUSH was seen in Two Harbors on the 12th, on the 800 block of 9th Avenue. A male VARIED THRUSH was found on the 9th on the south side of the town of Aitkin at 277 Ripple River Drive. From MN Highway 47, take 6th Ave. S.E. for five blocks until reaching Ripple River Drive. WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were found this week along the North Shore in Two Harbors and east of Duluth.
Celeste Kawulok found NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 10th along the Rice Lake Road in Duluth, across from the Snowflake ski center. Bill Nelson found a GREAT GRAY OWL in Cass County on the 7th, 1.9 miles north of Federal Dam along CR 8. A GREAT GRAY OWL was found by Chris Benson and others on the 12th along Aitkin Country Road 18 and Pietz's Road (320th Pl.). Warren Nelson and Steve and Jo Blanich saw an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER and three BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS on the 9th along CR 3, five miles west of CR 1.
The Duluth Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 16, 2006. Anyone interested in participating, either on a team or as a feeder watcher, should contact compiler Jim Lind at (218) 834-3199 or by e-mail at jslind@frontiernet.net
The Two Harbors Christmas Bird Count will be held the following day on Sunday, December 17, 2006. Please contact compiler Frank Nicoletti (bjboreal@aol.com) if interested in participating.
The first official Fredenberg Township Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 30, 2006. Anyone interested should contact compiler Celeste Kawulok at (218) 591-6076 or by e-mail at ckawulok@cloquet.k12.mn.us.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Sunday, December 17th, to report on the results of the Duluth and Two Harbors CBCs.
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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