Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *January 3, 2008 *MNDU0801.03-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: January 3, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, January 3, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A GREAT GRAY OWL was found by Noah Kahn on the 27th along the Nichols Lake Road, 0.25 mile east of CR 7 in the Sax-Zim Bog. Possibly the same bird was seen along the on the Nichols Lake Road on the 29th, 1.7 miles east of CR 7. Mike Hendrickson relocated the NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 29th along the Sax Road (CR 28), 0.6 mile west of CR 7. Father Tom Margevicius found what was probably the same bird on the 29th along the Admiral Road (CR 788), about a mile north of the Sax Road (CR 28).
Mike Collins found an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER and a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 30th along the McDavitt Road (CR 213), 2.7 miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28). Mike Hendrickson found an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the 28th along the Blue Spruce Road (CR 211), one mile north of CR 133. He also found two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS at the intersection of Blue Spruce Road and CR 133, and a BOREAL CHICKADEE along the McDavitt Road (CR 213), 3 miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28). EVENING GROSBEAKS, PINE GROSBEAKS, COMMON REDPOLLS, and a HOARY REDPOLL are being seen at the feeding station along the Blue Spruce Road 1.2 miles north of CR 133.
Paul Budde found a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 28th along the Biwabik Spur of the Giant's Ridge cross country ski trails. Paul also saw a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER along the Wynne Creek ski trail at Giant's Ridge on the 30th. Karen Sussman had a HOARY REDPOLL on the 1st at her feeders in Britt in northern St. Louis County.
Three SPRUCE GROUSE were seen on the 30th along Lake County Road 2, 0.1 mile north of the Sand River. Another SPRUCE GROUSE was found on the 29th along MN Highway 1 between mile posts 303 and 304. A flock of 25 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS was seen in Two Harbors on the 29th at 2nd Avenue and 1st Street, and they were relocated on the 31st along 1st Street. Dave Grosshuesch saw four BOREAL CHICKADEES along Forest Highway 11 (CR 15), 0.1 mile west of the Stony River Forest Road.
Bill Tefft saw a SNOWY OWL in Aitkin County on the 28th along Highway 169/210 northeast of Aitkin. It was on the east side of the road, about 1.5 miles south of 390th St. (CR 54/56). Carl Greiner found a SNOWY OWL on the 1st at the intersection of CR 18 and CR 5 north of Palisade. Linda Sparling relocated 15 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE in Aitkin County along Kestrel Avenue (CR 16), 0.6 mile south of MN Highway 210, and 11 along 420th Street, 1.8 miles west of Kestrel Avenue. Noah Kahn found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER along the Hedbom Forest Road, 3.5 miles west of the Robinson Road.
Peder Svingen found a first-cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 28th at the Superior landfill, as well as four THAYER'S GULLS and 12 GLAUCOUS GULLS. As many as three ICELAND GULLS have also been reported from the landfill. Peder relocated the first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL at Agate Bay in Two Harbors on the 30th, and found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at Lighthouse Point. Jan and Larry Kraemer found two LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the 30th at Brighton Beach in east Duluth. The birds were still present on the 31st.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, January 10th.
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