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 8, 2012 *MNDU1211.08-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 8, 2012
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for November 8th, 2012 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The CASSIN'S KINGBIRD in Grand Marais was still present as of the 8th near the courthouse at the corner of 3rd Avenue West and 2nd Street. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER continues to be seen in the same area and a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen as recently as the 5th. Peder Svingen and Anthony Hertzel found a late WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on the 3rd near Croftville east of Grand Marais. Doug Kieser and others saw a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE at 1465 Croftville Road.
A HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen on the 3rd at Artist's Point in Grand Marais and another was seen on the 5th at Paradise Beach. Denny and Barb Martin counted 295 LONG-TAILED DUCKS along MN Highway 61 on the 5th between Grand Marais and Naniboujou Lodge. They saw three WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, two BLACK SCOTERS, and two LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the 6th at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors. The MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD at Agate Bay in Two Harbors east of the Edna G. tugboat was seen as recently as the 7th.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found in Duluth on the 3rd on the 700 block of East 8th Street, and it was seen as recently as the 5th. Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were still present at Bayfront Park in Duluth as of the 6th. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw a RUDDY DUCK and three WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS on the 7th at the Park Point Recreational Area near the boat launch. They found a PACIFIC LOON on Lake Superior out from the Sky Harbor Airport, and six LONG-TAILED DUCKS at the McQuade Road boat launch east of Duluth..
Andy Nyhus and others saw a SPRUCE GROUSE at the Iona's Beach SNA, three miles east of Gooseberry Falls on MN Highway 61 at mile marker 42. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen on the 7th on the 300 block of 2nd Avenue in Two Harbors.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 15th.
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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