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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 4, 1999 *MNDU9903.04 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 4, 1999
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: Kim Eckert (kreckert@cp.duluth.mn.us)
Transcriber: Kim Eckert (kreckert@cp.duluth.mn.us)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 4, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Although nothing was reported this week which was quite as interesting as last week's singing male BOREAL OWL (heard along Lake Co Rd 2 just south of Greenwood Lake) or the unprecedented concentration of 24 SPRUCE GROUSE (on Lake Co. Rd 2 about 2 mi south of Hwy 1), there were still a few birds of interest seen recently, including both GREAT GRAY and SHORT-EARED OWLS in Aitkin Co, a SNOWY OWL in northern St Louis Co, and 2 lone SPRUCE GROUSE and some BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS in Lake Co.
Warren Nelson saw a GREAT GRAY OWL last weekend along Aitkin Co Rd 18, 3 mi east of U S Hwy 169, which is the first Great Gray seen in that area for several weeks. Even more surprising was the SHORT-EARED OWL Warren saw east of here along Co Rd 10, 1/4 mi south of Co Rd 18.
Sandy Mann saw an unexpected SNOWY OWL this week in the town of Mountain Iron in northern St Louis Co: it was along Hwy 169 near the Floor to Ceiling store, and this may be the same individual seen in that area back in mid-December.
Last weekend Dave Benson reported 2 SPRUCE GROUSE in Lake Co: one was on Co Rd 2, about 5 mi south of the Minn Hwy 1 intersection; the other was near mile marker 318 on Hwy 1, which is about 7 mi east of Co Rd 2. Also seen the same day were 2 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, which were along the snowmobile trail which crosses the Spruce Rd about 3.5 mi from Hwy 1.
Other recent reports of interest include: 3 unidentified SWANS (probably Mutes or Trumpeters) in Carlton Co along old highway 61 on the south side of the town of Moose Lake on the Moose Horn River; 3 RED CROSSBILLS seen today at the pine plantation at Hawk Ridge in Duluth; BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS at 2 locations in Duluth (at Hawk Ridge and on Livingston Ave in the Hunters Park neighborhood), in Ely in northern St Louis Co, and in the town of Aitkin near the hospital; the flock of 10 HORNED LARKS seen by Terry Wiens March 1 at the Sky Harbor airport at Park Point (interestingly, there was also a flock of 10 Horned Larks seen last week in Carlton Co which may have been the same birds); and the continued presence this week of ICELAND GULL, THAYER'S GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL still at the Superior landfill at the south end of Wisconsin Point.
Unless something unusual is seen in the meantime which needs to be reported on immediately, this Birding Report is normally updated once a week on Thursdays, so that the next scheduled update will be on March 11.
