-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *February 19, 2009 *MNDU0902.19-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: February 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, February 19th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was relocated by Peder Svingen on the 14th near Leif Erickson Park in Duluth. A first-year ICELAND GULL, an adult GREAT-BLACKED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULLS, and THAYER’S GULLS were seen by several observers over the weekend at the Canal Park ship canal. The TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE along the Flynn Road (CR 282) was relocated on the 14th, 0.3 mile east of the McQuade Road (CR 33). An adult MUTE SWAN was seen on 16th and 17th at Burlington Bay and Agate Bay in Two Harbors. Three HOARY REDPOLLS were found by Kim Eckert and others on the 16th along 1st Street in Two Harbors.
Most of the species of interest in the Sax-Zim Bog were seen over the weekend during the winter birding festival. NORTHERN HAWK OWLS were seen along CR 7 near the Sax Road (CR 28), along the McDavitt Road (CR 213) and the Admiral Road (CR 788) north of the Sax Road, and along the eastern portion of the Melrude Road (CR 59). A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen along CR 7, 0.5 mile south of CR 28, and another was seen along CR 7, 0.8 mile north of the Nichols Lake Road (CR 232). BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were seen along the McDavitt Road, 3.1 miles north of the Sax Road. BOREAL CHICKADEES and HOARY REDPOLLS were seen at the feeding station along the Admiral Road (CR 788), 3.8 miles north of the Sax Road. EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at the feeders along the Blue Spruce Road (CR 211) a mile north of CR 133.
Several observers reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL along MN Highway 61 at Knife River on the 15th, and the bird was still present on the 19th. David Alexander relocated the NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Carlton County on the 14th along MN Highway 73 at mile marker 27, just north of Cromwell, and he relocated the one along MN Highway 61 in Silver Bay at the AmericInn on the 16th. He recently found another bird south of Cook at the Ralph Road (CR 912) and the Leander Road (CR 923). Shawn Conrad briefly saw the EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE in Grand Rapids on the 19th at the corner of Willow Lane and 2nd Avenue SE. A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen on the 16th along Aitkin County Road 18, 3.1 miles east of U.S. Highway 169.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, February 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.
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