Besides the White-eyed Vireo that the Minn Birding Weekends (MBW) group found Sunday morning in Grand Marais and reported to mou-net (see below), we had several other species of note along the North Shore between Duluth and the Grand Marais area this past weekend, Nov 7-8:
- Snow Goose: immature (possibly injured) in the Grand Marais harbor. - Cackling Goose: 4 with Canadas at the golf course in Two Harbors. - Surf Scoter: Grand Marais harbor. - White-winged Scoter: Burlington Bay in Two Harbors, Taconite Harbor, Good Harbor Bay, and Grand Marais harbor. - Black Scoter: East Bay side of Grand Marais. - Long-tailed Duck: Burlington Bay in Two Harbors, and Good Harbor Bay. - Double-crested Cormorant: Agate Bay in Two Harbors. - Red-bellied Woodpecker: 3rd Ave & 2nd St in Two Harbors. - White-eyed Vireo: first spotted around 7:30am near the E tip of Artists Pt by Suzanne Swanson and photographed by Dee Kuder and others (see the MOU’s Recently Seen page); after other birders not in the MBW group were alerted, it was relocated closer to the W side of Artists Pt later that morning (and into the afternoon?). To my knowledge, this represents only the second record ever in the NE quarter of Minnesota, with the previous record in October 2001 in Cook Co. - Boreal Chickadee: Slater Dr in Beaver Bay. - Gray Catbird: at the waxwing site in Beaver Bay (see below). - Brown Thrasher: by the Edna G tugboat in Two Harbors, and 8th Ave W & 1st St in Grand Marais. - Bohemian Waxwing: small numbers at various sites, with the largest flock in Beaver Bay on the E side of the Beaver River. - Yellow-rumped Warbler: former MN DOT garage between Silver Bay and Tettegouche State Park. - Harris’s Sparrow: behind the American Legion in Two Harbors. - N Cardinal: 8th Ave W & 1st St in Grand Marais. - meadowlark, sp (probably Western): Lake Co (sorry, can’t remember the exact location). - Rusty Blackbird: Beaver Bay sewage ponds. - Red Crossbill: near Emily’s restaurant in Knife River Some of these species were also seen at other locations by birders not with the MBW group, and some additional species (e.g., Spruce Grouse on Lima Mt Rd in Cook Co, N Mockingbird in Two Harbors, Hoary Redpoll at Stoney Pt, etc) were also reported by others. In addition, note that Jeff Newman reports that the Golden-crowned Sparrow was still at his feeder this weekend at 44th Ave E & Regent St in Duluth, with its most consistent appearances between 6:30 and 7:00 am (please stay on the sidewalk and don’t venture into the yard). Kim R Eckert, Duluth http://www.mbwbirds.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
