-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*January 21, 2010
*MNDU1001.21

-Birds mentioned
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Barrow's Goldeneye
Spruce Grouse
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Great Gray Owl
Black-backed Woodpecker
Boreal Chickadee
Bohemian Waxwing
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: January 21, 2010
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, January 21st, 2010
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was relocated by Peder Svingen on the 15th at
Leif Erickson Park in Duluth. Seven GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, five
ICELAND GULLS, two THAYER’S GULLS, and at least 12 GLAUCOUS GULLS were
seen at Canal Park on the 16th by Karl Bardon and Peder Svingen. A
LESSER SCAUP and a GREATER SCAUP were seen at Canal Park on the 15th.
Jan and Larry Kraemer saw a PEREGRINE FALCON on the 18th at Canal Park,
and BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 1200 block of Foster Avenue. BOHEMIAN
WAXWINGS continue to be seen along the West Tischer Road near the Howard
Gnesen Road.

Mike Hendrickson saw single SPRUCE GROUSE on the 17th along the Whyte
Road, 1.0 and 1.5 miles east of the Stony River Forest Road, and another
on the Stony River Forest Road, 0.25 mile north of the Whyte Road. Corey
Gregory reported a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 17th along the Stony River
Forest Road, 5.8 miles north of the Whyte Road. He also saw NORTHERN
HAWK OWLS along the Stony River Forest Road 1.1 and 4.0 miles north of
the Whyte Road, as well as along the Whyte Road, 2.9 miles east of the
Stony River Forest Road.

A SNOWY OWL has been seen each evening since the 17th in Silver Bay
between the entrance to North Shore Mining and the traffic light on MN
Highway 61. Jan Green saw a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK on the 18th in Two
Harbors at the east end of town. Peg Robertson saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL
on 14th and 15th just north of Little Marais along MN Highway 61 between
mile markers 66 and 67

Dave Alexander reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the Sax-Zim Bog on the
17th along CR 7 just south of the Stone Lake Road. Dave and others also
saw NORTHERN HAWK OWLS further south along CR 7, as well as along the
Sax Road (CR 28) just west of the Cranberry Road, and along the McDavitt
Road (CR 233). Karen Sussman and Ben Yokel saw a GREAT GRAY OWL on the
17th along the Stone Lake Road, about 0.5 mile east of CR 7. Marilyn and
Warren Regelmann reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the 16th along CR 7
just north of CR 133. Claudia Egelhoff saw a NORTHERN HAWK OWL on the
16th along the Nichols Lake Road about a mile east of CR 7. BOREAL
CHICKADEES and a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER were again seen over the
weekend at the Admiral Road (CR 788) feeder.

Karen Sussman found a NORTHERN HAWK OWL south of Cook on the 16th along
U.S. Highway 53, 0.5 mile north of mile marker 91. Ben Yokel saw a
NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the town of Gilbert at the south end of the Clyde
Road.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, January
28th.

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.