-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 6, 2008 *MNDU0803.06 -Birds mentioned Sharp-tailed Grouse Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Belted Kingfisher American Three-toed Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Boreal Chickadee Townsend's Solitaire Varied Thrush Pine Grosbeak Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll Evening Grosbeak -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: March 6, 2008 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 6th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen on February 29th by Don Mattsson in Two Harbors at 1st Street and 2nd Avenue. Jan Green saw a HOARY REDPOLL on the 4th at her feeders along Old North Shore Road in Duluth Township. An early BELTED KINGFISHER was found by Mike Furtman on the 1st along the St. Louis River near Chambers Grove Park in the Fond du Lac neighborhood of Duluth. The VARIED THRUSH and BOREAL CHICKADEE at a feeder in east Duluth were seen over the weekend, and those interested in looking for the birds should call the homeowners (Christina and Dave) at 218-728-0808. A SNOWY OWL was seen on the 1st along Railroad Street at 12th Avenue West in Duluth. SHARP-TAILED GROUSE were seen on the 6th on the traditional lek on the east side of CR 29 just north of the Dart Road near Meadowlands. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the Sax-Zim Bog was relocated on the 5th along CR 7, between 0.5 and 1.0 mile south of the Stone Lake Road. Joel Claus relocated an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER and a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER along the Admiral Road (CR 788), 0.1 to 0.2 mile north of the Zim Road (CR 27). BOREAL CHICKADEES were seen on the 6th at a deer carcass hung in a tree along the Admiral Road 2.6 miles south of the Zim Road, and at the feeding station along the Blue Spruce Road one mile north of CR 133. HOARY REDPOLLS were seen as recently as the 2nd at the Blue Spruce Road feeding station, as well as EVENING GROSBEAKS, PINE GROSBEAKS, and COMMON REDPOLLS. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 13th. 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 mou at moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080306/1440ecb7/attachment.html
