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 7, 2010 *MNDU1001.07-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: January 7, 2010
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, January 7th, 2010 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK at Pat Thomas's house at 6219 East Superior Street is apparently still present, although I have not heard any updates since the 3rd. Birders are still welcome to look for the bird, but are asked to limit the number of visitors to five at a time and to stay between the driveway and the back door while looking for the bird.
Peder Svingen and Mike Hendrickson surveyed gulls on the 1st between Canal Park, the Superior landfill and the Superior Entry and saw four ICELAND GULLS, three THAYER'S GULLS, a record-high 30 GLAUCOUS GULLS, and a record-high six GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS. Peder relocated the male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE on the 3rd at Leif Erickson Park. The SNOWY OWL in the Superior harbor out from Barker’s Island was relocated on the 2nd. Chad Heins and Benji Inniger saw a SNOWY OWL on the 3rd in the Port Terminal along Garfield Avenue at the lumber yard. The GREATER SCAUP was still present in Canal Park on the 1st.
Five GREAT GRAY OWLS were seen on the 2nd along the Stony River Forest Road during the Isabella CBC. One was about a mile south of MN Highway 1, one about 4 miles south, another 4.5 miles south, and two at 8 miles south. A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was also seen 8 miles south of Highway 1 and 17 BOREAL CHICKADEES were found between 3 miles and 8 miles south of Highway 1. Kim Eckert and others saw single GREAT GRAY OWLS on the 3rd at 3.6 and at 6.4 miles south of MN Highway 1. Kim's group also saw a GREAT GRAY OWL along CR 2 at the railroad tracks 38 miles north of Two Harbors. One was seen the day before, one mile south of the tracks. Dave Benson and others saw a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 2nd along CR 2, 0.7 mile south of Greenwood Lake. Dave Grosshuesch saw a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 7th along the Stony River Forest Road, about 6 miles north of Forest Highway 11 (CR 15). The southern portion of the Stony River Forest Road was plowed this week, and is now apparently drivable from Forest Highway 11 to MN Highway 1.
Becky and Mark Lystig found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 2nd at mile marker 89 of MN Highway 61 near Tofte. Howard Weinberg saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 5th along MN Highway 61 west of Two Harbors at CR 9. A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen by Harley Hanson on the 5th along MN Highway 61 at Split Rock State Park, but it was found dead on the road the next day. Harley also saw a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 4th at the state park office.
Two GREAT GRAY OWLS were seen by several observers over the past week in the Sax-Zim Bog along the McDavitt Road (CR 233) about 3 miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28). Kim Eckert and others saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL along the Kolu Road, between McDavitt and Admiral Road. Denny and Barb Martin saw two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS on the 1st along CR 7 just north of the Arkola Road (CR 52). They also saw a BOREAL CHICKADEE on Owl Avenue (CR 203), a mile south of Arkola Road.
Steve Falkowski reported a female GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the 30th at Silver Lake in Virginia, and the bird was still present on the 4th.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, January 14th.
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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