The Minn Birding Weekends group turned up a few species of interest this past weekend, 7-8 January, in Sax-Zim Bog, Duluth, and Lake County:
- Long-tailed Duck (2) / 7 Jan / L Superior, out from Lakewood Rd in Duluth - Spruce Grouse (2) / 8 Jan / Lake Co Rd 2, 1.2 mi N of Sand River (same birds seen on Isabella CBC?) - Glaucous (2 ad) and Thayer's (one 2nd-winter) gulls / 7 Jan / Canal Park in Duluth - N Hawk Owl / 7 Jan / Stone Lake Rd in Sax-Zim, 0.2 mi E of Co Rd 7 (seen by m.ob. previously; another seen 6 Jan by part of MBW group on McDavitt Rd, ~ 2 mi N of Sax Rd (not found 7 Jan) - Black-backed Woodpecker (2) / 7 Jan / McDavitt Rd in Sax-Zim, ~2.5 mi N of Sax Rd, near blue flagging/red stake on E side of road (seen by m.ob. previously; same location as last winter) - Horned Lark / 7 Jan / Co Rd 7 in Sax-Zim, ~2 mi S of Stone Lake Rd - Varied Thrush / 7 Jan / N side of UMD campus, along Saint Marie St just E of Kirby Dr (with robins in cedars/crabapple/mountain ash trees; same bird first seen on Duluth CBC) - Bohemian Waxwing / 8 Jan / Two Harbors, ~1 block SW of corner of South Ave & 3rd St (one with small flock of Cedar Waxwings; Bohemians scarce to non-existent recently in Duluth/Two Harbors area) - Red Crossbill / 8 Jan / Lake Co Rd 2, ~1 mi S of MN Hwy 1 Note that we saw no Sharp-tailed Grouse, N Goshawk, Snowy (but present at Superior's municipal airport) or Great Gray owls, Am Three-toed Woodpecker, Snow Bunting, White-winged Crossbill (scarce to non-existent recently in NE Minn), or Hoary Redpoll. - Kim Eckert
