-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*November 19, 2009
*MNDU0911.19

-Birds mentioned
Barrow's Goldeneye
Red-throated Loon
Broad-winged Hawk
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Northern Hawk Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 19, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 19th, 2009
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was found by Peder Svingen on the 17th near the
Park Point Recreation Area boat launch. Peder saw a RED-THROATED LOON on
the 19th near the Sky Harbor Airport at Park Point, as well as two adult
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a
second-cycle THAYER’S GULL at Canal Park.

A CAVE SWALLOW was reported by Nick Anich on the 14th along Moccasin
Mike Road near the intersection of Wisconsin Point Road. GREAT
BLACK-BACKED GULLS, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, ICELAND GULLS, GLAUCOUS
GULLS, and THAYER'S GULLS continue to be reported by several observers
at the Superior Entry. The SLATY-BACKED GULL was seen by Erik Bruhnke
and others on the 13th on the Minnesota side of the entry.

Karl Bardon saw a record late BROAD-WINGED HAWK at Hawk Ridge on the
15th. Cameron Rutt and Sarah Glesner saw an “Audubon's” YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER and a late NORTHERN PARULA on the 12th along Skiff Landing Road
in Knife River. They also saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL along Lake County Road
2 just north of the railroad tracks about 20 miles north of Two Harbors,
and another along the Whyte Road, 4.7 miles east of the Stony River
Forest Road.

David Alexander saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 19th along Forest Highway
11, 0.8 mile east of the Stony River Forest Road, and another bird 10
miles west of the Stony River Forest Road. He also saw a NORTHERN HAWK
OWL in the Sax-Zim Bog along CR 7 just south of Burns Greenhouse, and
another along a snowmobile trail 2.4 miles south of Toivola. Linda
Sparling found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Aitkin County on the 15th along CR
1 where the asphalt ends. Shawn Conrad saw one on the 15th along US
Highway 2, three miles west of St. Louis County Road 31.

Shawn also reported a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in Itasca County on Old
Horseshoe Lake Road on the southwest side of Grand Rapids.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November
26th.

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, e-mail us
at [log in to unmask], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.