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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *November 20 1997 *MNDU9711.20 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Duluth/North Shore
This is the Duluth Birding report for Thursday Nov. 20, sponsored by the
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Since last week the birding situation in Duluth is mostly uneventful. The
best highlights were in Grand Marais and Cook County, with BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKE and GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL still being seen in Grand Marais
Harbor as of the 17th. Though the pale, 1st winter ICELAND GULL has not
been reported seen it could still be present in the harbor.
It would appear that the KING EIDER seen Nov. 8 and 9 at Kimball Creek
East of Grand Marais is gone, but a BLACK SCOTER was seen at this
location.
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen at Paradise Beach and at Grand Marais.
HOARY REDPOLLS and a late YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER were seen at Two Harbors
in Lake County.
In Duluth Deb Savage had a BOREAL CHICKADEE at her feeder.
A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen by Mike Hendrickson on St. Louis County Rd. 7
near the Malmberg sod farms just North of Sax. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL seen
a couple of weeks ago was not seen.
No SNOWY OWLS reported yet in NE Minn.
A BOREAL OWL was banded on Nov. 5.
Elsewhere Peder Svingen saw OLDSQUAWS on Lake Winnibigoshish on Nov. 16
and on Lake Mille Lacs on Nov. 17.
Nov. 17 Bill Tefft of Ely reported a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at the Fall
Lake campground East of the town of Winton.
Frank Nicoletti reports not much activity at the Hawk Ridge overlook and
banding station, although occasional GOLDEN EAGLES, NORTHERN GOSHAWKS or
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS fly over and there are a few BALD EAGLES and RED-TAILED
HAWKS still migrating.
In Duluth BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, PINE GROSBEAKS, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, and
COMMON REDPOLLS are seen, but numbers are down since a couple of weeks ago.
Not aware of any RED CROSSBILLS seen lately.
Next scheduled update is Nov. 27.
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Hotline: Minnesota Duluth/North Shore
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 27, 1997, sponsored by
the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Again, this week's tape has little to report on in Duluth itself. Although
there were recent sightings here of a BOREAL CHICKADEE and a TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRE and the first SNOWY OWL of the season.
On the 21st, Sarah Kolbry had a BOREAL CHICKADEE at her feeder on the 5400 block
of Juniata St. in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth. And this may be the same
individual that was reported on last week's tape on the 5700 block of Juniata.
Carl Barden of the Twin Cities spotted a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on the Scenic
Highway 61 near Brighton Beach also on the 21st.
The first SNOWY OWL of the season was belatedly reported this week; it had been
seen November 15th near the intersection of Martin Road and Woodland Ave.
Another SNOWY OWL from last winter, which has been undergoing rehabilitation all
year at the Raptor Center in St. Paul, was recently released on the Superior,
Wisconsin side of the Harbor.
As reported on last week's tape, so far this season in the Duluth area there
have been single sightings each for one day only of GREAT GRAY, NORTHERN HAWK
AND BOREAL OWLS.
Meanwhile, up the North Shore in Grand Marais, a few thousand GULLS were still
being seen in the harbor, as of November 21st; and these included two
first-winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED, one first-winter Iceland, plus a few GLAUCOUS
and THAYER'S GULLS. However the BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was not seen then, as
the last sighting I'm aware of was on November 17th.
On the 23rd, the number of GULLS in Grand Marais was down considerably, but no
fish processing was going on at the time and only one GREAT BLACK-BACKED, one
THAYER'S and one GLAUCOUS could be found among all the HERRING GULLS. However,
birders will again be going up to Grand Marais this weekend, so it is likely
that next week's tape will have additional Gull news of interest
Large numbers of GULLS, including ICELAND, GLAUCOUS, and THAYER'S currently
being seen at the Superior landfill at the South end of Wisconsin Point.
Also, up the North Shore, in Cook County last weekend, were WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS
at various locations between Tofte and Paradise Beach, plus a SURF SCOTER at
Good Harbor Bay.
Finally, it is not too early to start thinking about the Annual Duluth Christmas
Bird Count which will take place this year on Saturday, December 20th. Starting
next week those birders who participated in recent years will be contacted and
organized. And if you would like to participate either as a feeder watcher or
in one of the groups out in the field that day, give me a call at 525-6930 or
leave a message at the end of this tape. More information on this count will be
given on the next few updates of this tape.
Unless something unusual is seen in the meantime that needs to be reported on
immediately, the next scheduled update of this tape will be on Thursday,
December 4 and, as always, if you have birds to report, you may leave a message
after the tone.
Date: November 20, 1997
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologist's Union
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: Kim Eckert
Transcriber: Dorothy J Spence
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
Duluth Hotine November 27, 1997
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Date: November 27, 1997
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Reports: (218) 525 5952
Compiler: Kim Eckert
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