Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 22, 2007 *MNDU0703.22-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 22, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
John Ellis found a total of 20 SPRUCE GROUSE on the 17th along Lake County Road 2. Eleven were seen 3.3 miles north of the Upland Trail, eight were seen 2.2 miles north of the Sand River, and one was 0.8 mile south of MN Highway 1. He also saw a flock of 25 LONG-TAILED DUCKS in Two Harbors near the lighthouse, after seeing six on the 16th at Burlington Bay. John relocated eight BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS along the West Knife River Road (CR 231), west of the Homestead Road (CR 42).
Dave Carman and others counted 165 BALD EAGLES and 12 GOLDEN EAGLES on the 17th at West Skyline Drive below Enger Tower in Duluth. Jan Green found a NORTHERN HARRIER on the 20th along MN Highway 61 at the Lakewood Road, and a pair of MERLINS on the 18th along 1st Street in Two Harbors. Jan also found a flock of ten LONG-TAILED DUCKS at Stoney Point on the 18th. Possibly the same flock was seen on the 19th off Knife Island in Knife River. A TRUMPETER SWAN was seen on the 18th near Mitawan Lake, northwest of Isabella. Celeste Kawulok saw two TRUMPETER SWANS today along the Rice Lake Road (CR 4) at the McComber Road (CR 849).
Carol Tveekrum briefly saw an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the 17th in her yard in Schroeder, Cook County. Warren Nelson found two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the 17th along Aitkin County Road 3, 5 miles west of CR 1. Warren also found a GREAT GRAY OWL along CR 18, just east of the Hebron Cemetery.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 29th.
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