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 22, 2007 *MNDU0711.22-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 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, November 22nd, 2007 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The INCA DOVE along 3rd Street in downtown Two Harbors was still being seen as of the 20th. It has mainly been seen in the backyard of 304 2nd Avenue, especially under the dense cedars and bird feeders near the garage. It has also been seen in the backyards of each of the seven houses to the west, especially in the ash trees in the two houses to the west.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was photographed at a feeder in northern Lake County on the 20th and 21st, along the Fernberg Trail (CR 18) east of Ely. I do not yet have any information regarding the exact location or possible access. Shawn Conrad reports that at least one of the EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in Grand Rapids continues to be seen.
Kim Eckert found a first-winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 17th off Garfield Avenue in west Duluth, and it was later seen near the WLSSD plant at 27th Avenue West. Dave and Lars Benson also saw two first-winter LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, a first-winter ICELAND GULL, and a first-winter THAYER'S GULL on the 17th at 27th Avenue West, as well as four WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. Mike Hendrickson saw several of the same gull species at the Superior landfill on the 20th, including a third-cycle ICELAND GULL, a third-cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, an adult GLAUCOUS GULL, and three THAYER’S GULLS.
Nancy Jackson saw a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on the 17th and 18th in Hoyt Lakes. The bird is being seen behind the pink house on Elmwood Street, and has apparently been present for several weeks. Shawn Zierman found a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE in Hibbing on the 22nd, near Bennet Park on Greyhound Boulevard. A TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE has also been seen for the past several days in downtown Two Harbors. Don and Carol Crust saw it at 204 1st Avenue on the 17th, and it was seen on the 18th at South Avenue and 1st Street.
Bill Tefft reported a GREAT GRAY OWL and SPRUCE GROUSE on the 22nd along the Stony River Forest Road (CR380) in northern Lake County. Steve Schon found a SPRUCE GROUSE northwest of Ely on the 17th along the Echo Trail (CR 116), just east of the access road to Big Lake. Jim Otto and Doug Kieser found a SPRUCE GROUSE on the 17th in Cook County along the Lima Mountain Road, 1.9 miles west of the Gunflint Trail (CR 12). They also found RED CROSSBILLS on the Lima Grade, 1.5 miles south of the Lima Mountain Road, and two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS along the Magnetic Rock Hiking Trail near Gunflint Lake. They relocated the SURF SCOTER in the Grand Marais Harbor, and found ten LONG-TAILED DUCKS and three WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at Paradise Beach.
Jan Green found a flock of 120 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in Knife River on the 22nd. Dave Benson reported a flock of about 45 on the 20th along Central Entrance in Duluth, behind the Jiffy Lube. Flocks have also been seen recently in downtown Two Harbors, Ely, and Grand Marais. A late HARRIS'S SPARROW was seen on the 18th in Two Harbors, behind Judy’s Restaurant along Highway 61. A male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was also seen at Lighthouse Point on the 18th.
Warren Nelson and Butch Ukura birded the Hedbom Forest Road in Aitkin County on the 17th and found two AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS and six BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS about 9.3 miles east of the west entrance, and four BOREAL CHICKADEES about 5.6 miles east of the west entrance. Along County Road 18 they found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER about 0.25 mile east of the Hebron Cemetery. Warren found a SHORT-EARED OWL on the 22nd along CR 1, 0.5 mile east of CR 22. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 29th. 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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