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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 4, 2004 *MNDU0403.04 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 4, 2004
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, March 4, 2004, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Warren Nelson found a SNOWY OWL in Aitkin County on the 3rd on Cty Rd 1 north of the town of Aitkin, 5.5 miles north of the Mississippi River bridge. This is about a mile north of a diversion channel. GREAT GRAY OWLS were seen again on Aitkin Cty Rd 18 near the Hebron Cemetery on the 2nd by Al Schirmacher.
Mike Hendrickson saw a PEREGRINE FALCON on the Greysolon Bldg in Duluth on the 27th. Ben Yokel saw an immature GOLDEN EAGLE in Melrude on the 28th. Dudley Elmgren saw a BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE 7 miles north of Rollins at the Petrol Creek Bridge on the 29th.
Denny and Barb Martin reported SPRUCE GROUSE on Hwy 1 at mile marker 304 about 7.5 miles west of the jct. with Cty Rd 2 on the 29th, as well as on Cty Rd 2 1.5 miles north of the Sand River. On the same day, they saw the ICELAND GULL and HARLEQUIN DUCK at Agate Bay in Two Harbors.
Julie O'Connor has had two NORTHERN GOSHAWKS in her yard near Duluth this winter. Anyone interested in trying to see them can e-mail her at JPMCOCON@aol.com.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 11
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.
