Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *November 16, 2006 *MNDU0611.16-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 16, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 16th, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Two female HARLEQUIN DUCKS are still being seen as of today at Canal Park in Duluth. Kim Eckert relocated the birds on the lake about 100 yards out from the south breakwall. Kim also saw the first-winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the south breakwall, along with a first-winter GLAUCOUS GULL and an adult THAYER'S GULL. On Park Point, Kim relocated a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE about 150 yards south of the 43rd Street bus turn-around, and two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, a CANVASBACK, a BONAPARTE’S GULL, and a small flock of TUNDRA SWANS on the bayside of the recreational area.
Dedrick Benz and John Hockema also saw the GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 13th on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry. They found a SURF SCOTER in the harbor at Park Point near the rowing club, and nine WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and a BLACK SCOTER at 33rd Street. Mike Hendrickson found an adult GLAUCOUS GULL on the south breakwall at Canal Park on the 11th.
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES were seen over the weekend at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors, and on the West Knife River Road (CR 231), a half mile west of the north end of the Homestead Road (CR 44) in Duluth Township.
Two AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS were relocated by Paul Budde and Mark Ochs on the 11th along the snowmobile trail south of the Holiday gas station on the west side of Two Harbors. Steve and Deb Falkowski found one in the Sax-Zim bog on the 10th on the west side of the McDavitt Road (CR 213), 2.5 miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28).
Karen Sussman found a SPRUCE GROUSE on the 12th in northeast St. Louis County along CR 25, about a mile south of CR 82.
Warren Nelson reported a SNOWY OWL on the 14th in Aitkin County along CR 1, about eight miles north of Aitkin. Warren also received a reliable second-hand report of a NORTHERN HAWK OWL north of Aitkin along CR 1. EVENING GROSBEAKS are visiting feeders near Gun Lake, south of Palisade.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 23rd.
The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.
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