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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *November 27 1997 *MNDU9711.27 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 27, 1997
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525 5952
Compiler: Kim Eckert
Transcriber: Barb Adams badams@.css.edu
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
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 OWL, NORTHERN HAWK OWL 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 GULL, one first-winter ICELAND GULL, plus a few GLAUCOUS GULL and THAYER'S GULL. 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 GULL, one THAYER'S GULL and one GLAUCOUS GULL 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.
