Hummingbird AND owls ... this is a weird year! >From: "Minn. Ornith. Union David Cahlander" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: "Minn. Ornith. Union David Cahlander" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [BIRDCNTR] MN/Duluth RBA - November 23, 2004 >Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:09:43 -0600 > >-RBA >*Minnesota >*Duluth/North Shore >*November 23, 2004 >*MNDU0411.23 > >-Birds mentioned >Pacific Loon >American White Pelican >Northern Hawk Owl >Great Gray Owl >ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD (or Rufous Hummingbird) >Northern Mockingbird >-Transcript > >Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore >Date: November 23, 2004 >Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) >Reports: (218) 728-5030 >Compiler: David R. Benson ([email protected]) >Transcriber: David R. Benson ([email protected]) > >This is the Duluth Birding Report for Tuesday, November 23, 2004, >sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. > >The selasphorus sp. hummingbird (RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD or ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD) >continues to come to Laura Erickson's feeders in the lakeside >neighborhood of Duluth. The bird was seen again yesterday. > >A PACIFIC LOON was seen on the 19th and 20th at Agate Bay in Two >Harbors. > >Janet Blixt had two NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS in her yard in the central >hillside area of Duluth on the 21st. > >GREAT GRAY OWLS and NORTHERN HAWK OWLS continue to be seen frequently >across Northeastern Minnesota. They were again reported this week at >too many locations to mention here, but many birders had success in the > >Sax-Zim area along Cty Rd 7 between 52 and 319, along Hwy 133 between >Hwy 53 and Meadowlands, and along other roads in the area, including >McDavitt Rd and Admiral Rd. Between and to the north of Two Harbors and > >Duluth, Jim Lind found a number of Great Grays along Forest Hwy 11. >Closer to Duluth, Great Grays were seen this week in the pine >plantation at Hawk Ridge and at the intersection of Maxwell and Oak >Street. Please continue to report the time and location of your >sightings. > >Ann russ found an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN in the harbor at Taconite >Harbor on the 21st, and Uwe Kausch saw another along Lake Cty Rd 2, a >mile north of Two Harbors on the 22nd. > >The Duluth Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 18, > >2004. Anyone interested in participating should contact compiler Jim >Lind ([email protected]) for more information. > >The Two Harbors Christmas Bird Count will be held the following day on > >Sunday, December 19, 2004. Please contact compiler Frank Nicoletti >([email protected]) if interested in participating > >The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, December > >2. > >The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-728-5030. >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 to >[email protected], or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.=
