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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *February 6, 2003 *MNDU0302.06 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: February 6, 2003
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 728-5030
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, February 6, 2003, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
On February 2nd Peder Svingen found five HARLEQUIN DUCKS in Agate Bay at Two Harbors. The birds were still present yesterday afternoon This is the second largest group of Harlequin Ducks ever seen in Minnesota, topped only by last fall's flock of six in Grand Marais.
Nate Popkins re-found the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE in Two Harbors on the 5th. It was along the walking trail that goes by the old concrete dock in Agate Bay. Chet Myers saw the THREE-TOED WOODPECKER along the Spruce Rd in northern Lake County on the 3rd.
Over the weekend, Mark and Becky Lystig found a GREAT GRAY OWL in the Suomi Hills north of Grand Rapids on Hwy 38 1.3 miles north of the intersection with Cty Rd 19. There were also sightings again this week in the Sax-Zim area along Cty Rd 7 from south of Sax to as far north as Cty Rd 319. Another Great Gray was reported from Aitkin Cty Rd 5, four miles south of the jct. with Cty Rd 18.
Good numbers of gulls are still present in Superior, WI, with an ICELAND GULL, THAYER'S GULLS, and GLAUCOUS GULLS joining the HERRING GULLS in the vicinity of the landfill and Wisconsin Point.
Suzanne Gucciardo reported BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS along with an over-wintering AMERICAN ROBIN in Grand Marais on the 1st. EVENING GROSBEAKS were reported this week from the west side of the town of Hoyt Lakes, from Hwy 1 near Isabella, and from the Gunflint Lodge.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, February 13.
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.
