Another thing to add to this question-does anybody think it will be?
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From: "Les,Angie & Tucker Lutter" <lut...@netins.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [mou-net] Lake County / Duluth Birding
Has anyone been up to the Stony River Road in the past few days? We are
going to be up there birding and I want to know if it is passable.
Tucker Lutter
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From: "Michael Hendrickson" <mlhendrick...@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 7:41 PM
Subject: [mou-net] Lake County / Duluth Birding
Guided a group of birders from Nebraska today and day 2 with Ted from
Virginia.
Highlights:
Spruce Grouse: Female on the Whyte Rd about mile east of Stoney River Rd
and a male about a mile and half east of the Stoney River Rd. We saw
another female Spruce Grouse on the Stoney River Rd about a 1/4 mile
north of the Whyte Rd.
** I saw 3 lifer mammals on the Stoney River Rd!! We were waiting in my
Yukon on the Stoney River Road for the Nebraska birders to meet us after
they were done viewing the male Spruce Grouse on the Whyte Rd. When all
of a sudden I noticed some shapes walking about a 1/4 mile from us. I
put my binoculars on the shapes and originally told my passengers they
were Timber Wolves but as the shapes got closer to us I noticed they were
not Timber Wolves but LYNXES!!! One of the Lynxes sat on the road and
faced us and the other ( smaller ) Lynx was moving along the side of the
road. We wonder if they spotted the female Spruce Grouse on the road
since the grouse was holding very still. Then the grouse errupted and
flew into the woods and the two Lynxes walked into the woods on the east
side of the road. Then the third jumped into the road and followed the
other two Lynxes. We knew one was smaller than the other one but the
third that jumped out in the road
after the other two left, we could not determine if it was smaller or not
since we had no size comparision. Then as we sat in my Yukon giving high
fives a Snow Shoe Hare ran across the road as if the cats scared it as
they were walking into the woods. I always wanted to view these mammals
and my wish came true today! Even though they were pretty far from us
for photos it was a really cool sighting for all of us!
Two Harbors:
Bohemian Waxwings along the road that leads to the Light House and South
Avenue. There at least 10 Bohemian Waxwings among a good size flock of
Cedar Waxwings. Jim Lind told me these waxwings were in this area last
week. Thanks Jim!
Duluth:
Canal Park Gulls: 5 species
1. Great Black-backed Gulls ( 3 = 2nd cycles 1= first cycle and
1=adult )
2. Glaucous Gull ( 3 first cycles and 1 2nd cycle )
3. Thayer's Gull ( 1 adult )
4. Iceland Gull ( 1 first cycle )
* We had a unid large owl fly across the Stoney River Rd north of the
Whyte Rd.
* Whyte Rd & Stoney River Rd continues to be a great spot for Spruce
Grouse. I got excellent photos of a female Spruce Grouse to go along with
my male Spruce Grouse I took yesterday. With the warm weather we saw
very little as far as finches in northern Lake County.
Good Birding
Mike
Mike Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/
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