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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *November 28, 2002 *MNDU0211.28 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 28, 2002
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 28, 2002, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Although the birding has been very slow here, there are a few sightings to report.
On the 24th, Jim Barrett reported the first SNOWY OWL in Duluth this season at Morgan Park. Mike Hendrickson reported that there are still several species of waterfowl in the Duluth harbor, including a female HOODED MERGANSER. In the Sax-Zim area, Mark Alt and others found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER and BOREAL CHICKADEES on Owl Ave (Cty Rd 202/203) about a half-mile south of Cty Rd 52, and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS a mile south of 52. Alison Clarke has seen a BARRED OWL twice recently in the Congdon neighborhood of Duluth.
In Aitkin County, Tim Lamey saw a GREAT GRAY OWL east of Hill City near mile marker 183 on Highway 200 on the 22nd. Also in Aitkin County, Warren Nelson spotted a flock of 8 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS feeding on berries near the hospital on the south side of the town of Aitkin on the 25th. He reported that SHARP-TAILED GROUSE have been seen recently in three spots: 1) one mile east of Hwy 169 along Cty Rd 18,2) along Hwy 200 between Hill City and Jacobson, midway between mileposts 184 and 185 , and 3) on the northwest side of Gun Lake.
The Duluth Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 14th. Counters and feederwatchers are needed. For more information, contact Jim Lind at jimlind@lakenet.com.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, December 5.
The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 728-5030, and callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of each tape.
The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) 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 SE, Minneapolis MN 55455; or send an e-mail to mou@cbs.umn.edu; or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.
