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 13, 2008 *MNDU0803.13-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 13, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 13th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Kim Eckert located a very vocal and apparent displaying MERLIN on the 13th along the 1900 block of W. Kent Road in Duluth.
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE were seen on the 11th on the traditional lek on the east side of CR 29 just north of the Dart Road near Meadowlands. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the Sax-Zim Bog was relocated on the 9th along CR 7, between 0.5 and 1.0 mile south of the Stone Lake Road. Sparky Stensaas relocated an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER as well as RED CROSSBILLS along the Admiral Road (CR 788), 1.1 mile north of the Zim Road (CR 27). A BOREAL CHICKADEE was seen on the 11th at a deer carcass hung in a tree along the Admiral Road, 2.6 miles south of the Zim Road. HOARY REDPOLLS, as well as COMMON REDPOLLS and EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen as recently as the 9th at the Blue Spruce Road feeding station one mile north of CR 133.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 20th.
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