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 6, 2008 *MNDU0811.06-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 6, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 6th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A possible LONG-BILLED MURRELET was found on the 4th by Peder Svingen on Lake Superior at Park Point near the Sky Harbor Airport. Despite extensive searching on the 5th and 6th it could not be relocated. Peder found a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE on the 1st on the harbor side of Park Point between 31st Street and 43rd Street, and it was still present on the 6th. WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and SURF SCOTERS have also been seen with flocks of COMMON GOLDENEYES in the same area during the past week. Two PACIFIC LOONS and at least two RED-THROATED LOONS continue to be seen on Lake Superior between the Park Point Recreation Area and the Lafayette Square 31st Street access. A first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL was seen on the 5th at Canal Park. A record high count of 53 GOLDEN EAGLES was tallied at Hawk Ridge on October 31st.
The female SUMMER TANAGER in Two Harbors was seen on the 2nd in the wooded alley north of the 200 block of 4th Avenue, after being seen the day before about four blocks way on South Avenue. A PACIFIC LOON was found on the 2nd on Burlington Bay out from 1st Street, and a RED-THROATED LOON was found at Agate Bay on the 1st. Both birds were still present on the 3rd. A HOARY REDPOLL was seen on the 1st at Lighthouse Point, and a small flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen on the 300 block of 2nd Avenue.
A SNOWY OWL was found in the Grand Marais harbor on the 1st, and possibly the same bird was seen on the 4th and 5th. At least 60 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen at Five Mile Rock northeast of Grand Marais on the 2nd. BLACK SCOTERS were still present in the Grand Marais harbor on the 2nd.
Dee Kuder found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 1st in northern Itasca County just south of Togo at mile marker 207 of MN Highway 65.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 13th.
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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