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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*November 11, 1999
*MNDU9911.11

-Birds mentioned

• Harlequin Duck
• Oldsquaw
• Black Scoter
• White-winged Scoter
• Sharp-tailed Grouse
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Common Snipe
• Great Gray Owl
• Short-eared Owl
• Black-backed Woodpecker
• Gray Jay
• Townsend's Solitaire
• Northern Shrike
• Cape May Warbler
• Bay-breasted Warbler
• American Redstart
• Northern Cardinal
• Harris's Sparrow
• Pine Grosbeak
• Red Crossbill
• White-winged Crossbill
• Common Redpoll
• HOARY REDPOLL

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 11, 1999
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: Kim Eckert (kreckert@cp.duluth.mn.us)
Transcriber: Kim Eckert (kreckert@cp.duluth.mn.us)
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)

This is the Duluth, MN birding report for Thursday, November 11th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A flock of 21 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE was seen on Nov. 7 in the Sax-Zim Bog area along County Rd 29, 1 mile N of 133.

In Duluth, Peder Svingen found a SHORT-EARED OWL at the Superior Entry on the 6th, Jeff Newman reported a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on the 7th near the LSPI Paper Mill in West Duluth, and Don Kienholz saw a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER in his yard on Martin Road on the same day; and just east of Duluth, Jan Green saw a HARRIS'S SPARROW on the Homestead Road on the 6th, and Kim Eckert had a pair of NORTHERN CARDINALS in his yard on the 7th.

A number of interesting species were seen along the North Shore of Lake Superior last weekend, including a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER near the Lutsen Resort, a CAPE MAY WARBLER and an AMERICAN REDSTART at Two Harbors, MEADOWLARK sp. in Knife River and Beaver Bay, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and COMMON SNIPE at the Beaver Bay sewage ponds.

Good numbers of winter birds were also seen, including NORTHERN SHRIKE, PINE GROSBEAK, COMMON REDPOLL, HOARY REDPOLL (one at Two Harbors), RED CROSSBILL, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, and GRAY JAY. The BLACK SCOTER was still present in the Grand Marais harbor on the 8th, two female HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still at Paradise Beach on the 7th, OLDSQUAW were seen both at Five-Mile Rock and in Good Harbor Bay, WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen at several points along the shore, and TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES were seen in Croftville.

NORTHERN CARDINALS turned up at several locations on the Iron Range over the weekend, including in Midway and Hoyt Lakes.

Chel Anderson saw a GREAT GRAY OWL along the Sawbill Trail on Nov. 9th on the stretch between Honeymoon Road and Heartbreak Ridge Road.

Unless something unusual is seen in the meantime which needs to be reported immediately, the Duluth Birding Report is normally updated once a week on Thursdays, so that the next scheduled update will be on November 18. The phone number is (218) 525-5952, and callers can leave a message if they wish after the tone at the end of the tape. Also note that a message can be left without having to wait for the birding report to end: after the tape starts playing, push 5 on a touch-tone phone, the tape will then stop, the tone will sound and you can leave your message.

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU), the state bird club, 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 S E, Minneapolis MN 55455, or visit the MOU web site at .

Compiled and transribed by Dave Benson.

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