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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *June 13, 1996 *MNDU9606.13 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Duluth/Nrth Shore
Date: June 27, 1996
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: Kim Eckert
Transcriber: Deb Savageau mdebbrdr@cp.duluth.mn.us
While last week's tape was able to report on such things as four HARLEQUIN DUCK individuals at two locations up the North Shore of Lake Superior, a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in Cook County, plus a DICKCISSEL, GREAT GREY OWL and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL in the Sax-Zim bog.
This week's tape has relatively little to report on. About the only reports that came in this week involved that GREAT GREY OWL being relocated at Sax-Zim and additional WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL sightings and good numbers of BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS along the North Shore Hiking Trail.
That GREAT GREY OWL found June 13th in Sax-Zim at the intersection of St. Louis CR's 7 & 319 was seen again at dusk on June 24th along CR 7 south of CR 319. This has been the only GREAT GREY seen at Sax-Zim this month although a few are probably still present in Aitkin County west of Duluth. For more info on these you can call Warren Nelson in Aitkin at 218-927-2458. Warren can also direct you to the best places to look for SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, YELLOW RAIL, BOREAL CHICKADEES, CAPE MAY WARBLERS & SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS in Aitkin County.
Ben Yokel had some WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS in his yard this week near Melrude along with a pair or two of CAPE MAY WARBLERS. Ben lives at the end of Young Lake road which turns south off of CR59 6 miles north and a mile and a half east of Cotton.
Last week's tape had also mentioned the presence of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS in the nearby Sax-Zim bog area at two locations on CR 133, a mile east of CR7 and on CR 202 about 4 miles north of Meadowlands.
Mike Stefas of the Twin Cities did some hiking last weekend along the north shore hiking trail in Cook County between Lutsen and Britton Peak and found 9 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS. This portion of that trail includes Oberg Mountain which has long been a traditional site to find this species.
Unfortunately, I have no recent information as to whether those HARLEQUIN DUCKS seen last week along the north shore of Lake Superior are still present this week. Amazingly, two adult males were seen at the mouth of the French River just northeast of Duluth and an adult male and a female were also relocated in Tofte in Cook County near the Bluefin Bay restaurant last week.
Also in Cook County last week a male THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was found along the Gunflint Trail at the south Brule River which is about 15 miles north of Grand Marais but I don't know if anyone has relocated it this week. And it is not known if that DICKCISSEL found June 16th in the Sax-Zim bog is still present. The location was along St.Louis CR 204, 1 mile north, 1 & 1/2 miles east and a quarter mile north of Meadowlands.
But, even if the GREAT GREY OWLS, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS and DICKCISSEL can't be found on your next visit to Sax-Zim, it is still a good area to find BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES especially along CR211, 3 1/2 miles east and a mile and a half north of Meadowlands. BOREAL CHICKADEES especially along CR 203, half a mile south of CR52 and CONNECTICUT WARBLERS and LE CONTE'S SPARROWS at several locations.
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