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 21, 2010 *MNDU1001.21-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: January 21, 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 21st, 2010 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was relocated by Peder Svingen on the 15th at Leif Erickson Park in Duluth. Seven GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, five ICELAND GULLS, two THAYER’S GULLS, and at least 12 GLAUCOUS GULLS were seen at Canal Park on the 16th by Karl Bardon and Peder Svingen. A LESSER SCAUP and a GREATER SCAUP were seen at Canal Park on the 15th. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw a PEREGRINE FALCON on the 18th at Canal Park, and BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 1200 block of Foster Avenue. BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS continue to be seen along the West Tischer Road near the Howard Gnesen Road.
Mike Hendrickson saw single SPRUCE GROUSE on the 17th along the Whyte Road, 1.0 and 1.5 miles east of the Stony River Forest Road, and another on the Stony River Forest Road, 0.25 mile north of the Whyte Road. Corey Gregory reported a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 17th along the Stony River Forest Road, 5.8 miles north of the Whyte Road. He also saw NORTHERN HAWK OWLS along the Stony River Forest Road 1.1 and 4.0 miles north of the Whyte Road, as well as along the Whyte Road, 2.9 miles east of the Stony River Forest Road.
A SNOWY OWL has been seen each evening since the 17th in Silver Bay between the entrance to North Shore Mining and the traffic light on MN Highway 61. Jan Green saw a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK on the 18th in Two Harbors at the east end of town. Peg Robertson saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on 14th and 15th just north of Little Marais along MN Highway 61 between mile markers 66 and 67
Dave Alexander reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the Sax-Zim Bog on the 17th along CR 7 just south of the Stone Lake Road. Dave and others also saw NORTHERN HAWK OWLS further south along CR 7, as well as along the Sax Road (CR 28) just west of the Cranberry Road, and along the McDavitt Road (CR 233). Karen Sussman and Ben Yokel saw a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 17th along the Stone Lake Road, about 0.5 mile east of CR 7. Marilyn and Warren Regelmann reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 16th along CR 7 just north of CR 133. Claudia Egelhoff saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 16th along the Nichols Lake Road about a mile east of CR 7. BOREAL CHICKADEES and a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER were again seen over the weekend at the Admiral Road (CR 788) feeder.
Karen Sussman found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL south of Cook on the 16th along U.S. Highway 53, 0.5 mile north of mile marker 91. Ben Yokel saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the town of Gilbert at the south end of the Clyde Road.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, January 28th.
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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