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 20, 2007 *MNDU0712.20-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: December 20, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, December 20th, 2007 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was found on the 14th in the Sax-Zim Bog at CR 7 and the Sax Road (CR 28), and it was still present on the 17th during the Sax-Zim Christmas Bird Count. Another NORTHERN HAWK OWL was found on the 15th in Duluth along Airpark Boulevard, a quarter mile west of Rice Lake Road (CR 4), but it has not been relocated. Butch Ukura found a GREAT GRAY OWL in Aitkin County on the 12th along the Pietz Road, 2.9 miles north of CR 18.
Allison Clarke reports that the VARIED THRUSH at her home at 226 Ridgewood Road in east Duluth was seen on the 20th and birders are still welcome to look for the bird. A female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was found by Joe Hudick on the 18th at the Grand Marais Coast Guard station. This is possibly one of the birds that were present in November. Joe also saw 400 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in Grand Marais on the 19th. On the 17th, Debbie Waters reported a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE at the Northland Country Club in Duluth. Check the coniferous trees that are across from Old Howard Mill Road and run perpendicular to Skyline Parkway. Another TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was found on the 15th at 1511 Skywood Lane in Duluth. In Lake County, a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was found in Two Harbors on the 16th at 8th Ave. and 18th Street, and another was found at the municipal campground.
An AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was seen on the 15th in the Hunter's Park neighborhood of Duluth at Lewis Street and Columbus Avenue, and another was seen at a private residence along Arrowhead Road. A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was found at Hawk Ridge on the 15th along Skyline Drive near the Superior Hiking Trail. A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was found on the 17th in the Sax-Zim Bog along Lake Nichols Road, 1.1 miles west of US Highway 53.
Peder Svingen found a first-cycle and a second-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL at Canal Park on the 16th. A THAYER'S GULL was seen here on the 15th, and another was found on the 16th at Knife River.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, December 27th.
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