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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *February 9, 2006 *MNDU0602.09 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: February 9, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
Transcriber: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, February 9th, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
An adult GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen by Dave and Jonas Benson on the 5th in Duluth at the Central High School parking lot at 800 East Central Entrance. The bird did not stay in the area long and was last seen flying towards the Miller Hill Mall area.
Mike Hendrickson relocated the YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER on the 8th along Skyline Parkway in Duluth, about 100 yards east of the entrance to Chester Bowl. The bird is often seen with a flock of PINE SISKINS. Mike also relocated the female LONG-TAILED DUCK and a second-winter GLAUCOUS GULL at Canal Park on the 8th, the five GREATER SCAUP in the harbor near the General Mills elevator, and the PEREGRINE FALCON at the Cargill elevator.
Jan and John Green saw a BOREAL OWL on the 7th in their yard off North Shore Road east of the Bergquist Road, although it has not been seen since. They have also had a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and a BARRED OWL in their yard during in the past two days.
A BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE was seen on the 4th and the 5th feeding on deer carcasses at the Castle Danger landfill in Lake County. The road to the landfill is off CR 106, about 0.75 miles west of MN Highway 61. A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was seen on the 4th along Highway 61 on the west side of Gooseberry State Park. It has apparently been in the area for a couple of weeks. Four HORNED GREBES were seen again near the mouth of the Stewart River on the 5th.
Ron and Tim Kolde found a SPRUCE GROUSE on the 7th along Lake County Road 2, 0.25 mile south of MN Highway 1. They also saw a BOREAL CHICKADEE along the Outward Bound Road off the Spruce Road, and several EVENING GROSBEAKS at the Moose Cafe in Isabella.
Mike Hendrickson relocated the NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the Sax-Zim bog on the 5th near the Stone Lake Road, although it was on the west side of CR 7 just north of the intersection. Mike also reported two BLACK- BACKED WOODPECKERS along the McDavitt Road (CR 213), about 2.5 miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28) near the logging trail on the east side of the road. On the 5th, Linda Sparling found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL west of Meadowlands along CR 133, 0.7 mile west of CR 5. Linda also saw a SNOWY OWL just north of Meadowlands on CR 29 about 0.8 miles north of CR 133, and five SHARP-TAILED GROUSE along the Arkola Road (CR 52), west of the Stickney Road (CR 207).
Several people reported the NORTHERN HAWK OWL over the past week north of Duluth on the Lavaque Road (CR 48), 1 to 2 miles north of the Martin Road (CR 9). Dave Grosshuesch saw a SNOWY OWL today at the Duluth Airport near the Fed Ex building along Airport Approach Road.
Warren Nelson reported three SNOWY OWLS in Aitkin County on the 4th at the following locations: one on CR 1 about 1.5 miles north of the diversion channel, one along 450th Street (TR 380) about 2 miles west of CR 5, and one on 310th Avenue about a mile north of 450th Street. On February 5th, Warren and others found five SNOWY OWLS including an additional bird along CR 1 just north of CR 22, and three birds along the first 1.5 miles of 310th Avenue, north of 450th Street. Warren also saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on both days along CR 5, about 0.5 mile south of Minnesota Highway 232 near Palisade, and another along 350th Avenue, 0.4 mile south of CR 56 (390th St.). BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on the south side of the town of Aitkin, near MN Highway 47 and US Highway 169.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, February 16th.
The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.
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 to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
