Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 15, 2007 *MNDU0703.15-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 15, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 15th, 2007 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The three GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES at the Fond du Lac Resource Management Division office just west of Cloquet were still being seen as of the 13th.
Chris Hockema found a pair of SPRUCE GROUSE on the 11th along Lake County Road 2 north of the Sand River, and another about 1.4 miles south of the Sand River. Chris also found two BOREAL CHICKADEES near the Sand River, and two more along the Spruce Road. On the 10th, Chris found a male GADWALL and a pair of LESSER SCAUP in the Duluth harbor at Canal Park.
The first RING-BILLED GULL of the season was reported from Two Harbors on the 13th. Jan Green reports that CANADA GEESE and MALLARDS also arrived in Two Harbors on the 11th. A migrating GOLDEN EAGLE was seen on the 15th along MN Highway 61, about two miles west of Two Harbors.
Kim Eckert and others relocated a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 9th along the Hedbom Forest Road in northeastern Aitkin County, 3.7 miles west of the gate. In the Sax-Zim bog they found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER along the Blue Spruce Road, 0.6 mile north of CR 133, and BOREAL CHICKADEE 0.3 mile north of CR 133. They also found WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS on the Arkola Road (CR 52), 1.1 miles east of Owl Avenue, and EVENING GROSBEAKS at a feeder along the Nichols Lake Road just west of U.S. Highway 53 and at another feeder on the east side of Nichols Lake. They found a migrant HORNED LARK along Floodwood Road east of the Hedbom Forest Road, and they relocated the NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Duluth along the Rice Lake Road (CR 4), 0.25 mile north of the Martin Road (CR 9).
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS are still being seen along the West Knife River Road (CR 231), about a mile west of the Homestead Road (CR 42). Small flocks were also seen in Two Harbors along 1st Avenue and along 10th Avenue over the weekend. Bruce Munson found a flock of 30 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 14th at the bottom of Fairmont Street in Duluth's Woodland neighborhood.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 22nd.
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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