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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *February 27, 2003 *MNDU0302.27 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: February 27, 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 27, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
An adult "Kumlien's" ICELAND GULL and several GLAUCOUS GULLS were on the beach at Canal Park on the 23rd.
Warren Nelson found two GREAT GRAY OWLS on Cty Rd 18 on the 23rd. One bird was just east of Pietz's Rd and the other was at the Hebron Cemetery, about 3/4 mile further east. Warren also reported a flock of over 500 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in the town of Aitkin and SNOW BUNTINGS on Cty Rd 12.
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were seen again on the 26th in the Sax-Zim area on McDavitt Rd two miles north of the Sax Rd. Tom and Phyllis Mahan found a SHARP-TAILED GROUSE feeding along the second railroad tracks west of Cty Rd 7 at Sax Rd.
A group from Indiana found a variety of winter finches in the Isabella area in Lake Cty, including COMMON REDPOLLS, PINE GROSBEAKS, PINE SISKINS, and EVENING GROSBEAKS. These species have been relatively scarce this winter.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 6.
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.
