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*June 22, 2000
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-Birds mentioned

• Sharp-tailed Grouse
• Great Gray Owl
• Long-eared Owl
• Short-eared Owl
• Three-toed Woodpecker
• Black-backed Woodpecker

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: June 22, 2000
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: David Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, June 22, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

As reported by Dave Benson in the last two updates of this Birding Report, there were some interesting loons and shorebirds present in Duluth in early June. However, no one has reported these recently, nor have there been many bird reports of any kind lately, and this report will therefore be relatively brief.

Earlier in the month there were two GREAT GRAY OWLS not reported here previously which might still be present. One of these was in Cook Co along the Sawbill Tr, 6.2 mi N of Tofte; the other was in Aitkin Co on an unmarked side road, 3 mi E and 1 mi N of the jct of Co Rds 5 and 18.

In Cook Co earlier in June both BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS were present along the Lima Mountain Rd, 3 mi W of the Gunflint Tr; the Lima Mt Rd turns W off the Gunflint about 20 mi N of Grand Marais.

And in Aitkin Co, besides that Great Gray, look for a family of LONG-EARED OWLS in a pine grove along the E side of Co Rd 1 just S of the Co Rd 22 jct; this location is 3 mi N of the town of Aitkin. Note, however, these pines are on private property and you should check with the residents there for permission. Also in this same area look for SHARP-TAILED GROUSE at the corner of Co Rds 1 and 22, and about 3 mi farther N along 1 (or about 6 mi N of Aitkin) look for SHORT-EARED OWLS.

It is hoped next week's Birding Report will have more to report on, especially in the Sax-Zim Bog, but in the meantime for further information call Dave Benson at 218-728-5812.

Unless something unusual is seen in the meantime which needs to be reported immediately, the Duluth Birding Report is normally updated once a week on Thursdays, although note that the next scheduled update will not be until Friday, June 30. The phone number is (218) 525-5952, and callers can leave a message if they wish after the tone at the end of the tape. Also note that a message can be left without having to wait for the birding report to end: after the tape starts playing, push 5 on a touch-tone phone, the tape will then stop, the tone will sound and you can leave your message.

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU), the state bird club, as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum of Natural History, 10 Church Street S E, Minneapolis MN 55455, or visit the MOU web site at .

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