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 21, 2006 *MNDU0612.21-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: December 21, 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 21st, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Several interesting sightings were made during last weekend's Christmas Bird Counts. The three GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES at the Fond du Lac Resource Management Division office just west of Cloquet put in an appearance for the Carlton County CBC on the 17th. They have also been seen as recently as the 20th. The count total of 35 species also included RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, WILD TURKEY, NORTHERN CARDINAL, and GRAY JAYS.
Thirty-two species were found during the Sax-Zim CBC on the 18th, including a GREAT GRAY OWL on the Stickney Road (CR 207) about a half mile north of the Arkola Road (CR 52), two AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS (one along the Blue Spruce Road (CR 211) 0.5 mile north of CR133), a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER along the Admiral Road (CR 788) 1.8 miles north of CR 207, and six SHARP-TAILED GROUSE at the junction of CR 7 and the Sax Rd (CR 28).
The Virginia CBC on the 16th turned up a GREAT GRAY OWL on the Clyde Road (CR 810) south of Gilbert, RING-NECKED DUCK and AMERICAN COOTS on Silver Lake, BELTED KINGFISHER at Manganika Creek, and a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at 4413 Spirit Lake Road (CR 661) in Mountain Iron.
Some of the highlights from the Duluth CBC on the 16th included two HARLEQUIN DUCKS and two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS in the Duluth Harbor, THAYER'S GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL at Canal Park, a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at 5198 Greenwood Lane, two TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRES (one at Allendale Ave. and Osakis St., and another at the Park Point bus turnaround), a VARIED THRUSH at 1807 McFarlane Road, and a PINE WARBLER at 5280 Greenwood Lane. A late report of a male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at Hartley Park puts the Duluth CBC total at 69 species.
Highlights from the Two Harbors CBC included WHITE-WINGED SCOTER at Burlington Bay, two AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS (one at Lighthouse Point and one at 4th Ave. and 3rd St.), BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS at three locations, BOREAL CHICKADEES at Stoney Point, Tom's Logging Camp, and Kendall Road in Knife River, and a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE at 8th Ave. and 18th St.
Kim and Cindy Risen had several interesting sightings from the Hedbom Forest Road in northeastern Aitkin County on the 16th. They had two GREAT GRAY OWLS, five BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, two AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS, and two HOARY REDPOLLS among more than 500 COMMON REDPOLLS. The Hedbom Forest Road can be reached from the west from Aitkin CR 65, or from the east from St. Louis County Road 837, west of Floodwood. Kim and Cindy also relocated four BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER along Aitkin CR 3, five miles west of CR 1.
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 Thursday, December 28th.
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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