Previous reports: November 12 19 27, December 3 10 17 24.
Other Hotlines: Minnesota Statewide | Detroit Lakes

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*February 11, 2010
*MNDU1002.11

• Long-tailed Duck
• Sharp-tailed Grouse
• Northern Hawk Owl
• Short-eared Owl
• Northern Saw-whet Owl
• Black-backed Woodpecker
• Boreal Chickadee

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: February 11, 2010
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, February 11th, 2010 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The NORTHERN HAWK OWL along MN Highway 61 at Flood Bay was relocated on the 11th. Jeremy Ridlbauer reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 9th along MN Highway 61 west of Grand Marais at the Fall River. One was seen on the 7th along the Whyte Road, 2 miles east of the Stony River Forest Road. NORTHERN HAWK OWLS continue to be seen in the Sax-Zim Bog along CR 7, CR 133, the Sax Road (CR 28), the Nichols Lake Road, and along the Stone Lake Road. David Alexander saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 8th along US Highway 53, 1 mile north of the Melrude Road (CR 59). Dee Kuder saw one on the 5th along US Highway 53 south of Orr at mile marker 102.

Jan Green has heard a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL calling almost nightly along Old North Shore Road (CR 290) in Duluth Township. Six LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen on the 11th at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors.

Sparky Stensaas reported single BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS in the Sax Zim Bog on the 7th along the McDavitt Road (CR 233) 3.7 and 4 miles north of the Sax Road, and three BOREAL CHICKADEES at the Admiral Road (CR 788) feeders.

David Alexander saw a SHORT-EARED OWL in Aitkin County on the 4th along CR 1, about a half mile north of CR 21. Dave Bartkey and others saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 6th along CR 18 about a half mile west of Pietz's Road, one about 0.25 mile east of US Highway 169, and another along CR 5 just south of CR 18. They also saw ten SHARP-TAILED GROUSE along Kestrel Avenue (CR 16), 3 miles north of Tamarack, and one a mile south of Tamarack.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, February 18th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.

Send your rare and unusual Minnesota sightings to our internet list sevice: MOU-net@list.umn.edu.
Learn more about MOU-net.

Return to Home Page