Because nothing has been posted yet about what species of note were seen on these 3 CBCs, and because visiting birders might be interested in looking for them, here's a brief summary for some of these (and please note I did not see many of them). Although I went on all 3 CBCs, there may have been some other reports that came in later in the day I'm unaware of; for these, compilers Jim Lind and Sparky Stensaas might update the following or eventually provide a more complete summary of their CBCs....
Duluth CBC, Dec 14: King Eider - the female found Dec 12 was still present Dec 14 but not reported since White-winged Scoter - the pair found Dec 12 was still present (the female Barrow's Goldeneye seen Dec 12-13 was not found on the CBC) Long-tailed Duck - 7800 block of Scenic 61 Thayer's and Great Black-backed gulls - a few at Canal Park Glaucous Gull - only 1 at Canal Park (but no Icelands) Snowy Owl - Port Terminal at dawn (but no other northern owls) (Bohemian Waxwing - 0) Pine Grosbeak - only 1 (and no Evening Grosbeaks) crossbill, sp. - only 2 or 3 isolated fly-bys (but no redpolls - first time missed since 1992) Sax-Zim Bog CBC, Dec 20: Sharp-tailed Grouse - Stickney Rd, just N of Arkola Rd Northern Hawk Owl - McDavitt Rd, 3.7 mi N of Sax Rd; and Owl Ave, 1 mi S of Arkola Great Gray Owl - McDavitt Rd, 3.3 mi N of Sax Rd Black-backed Woodpecker - McDavitt Rd, 2.5 N of Sax Rd Boreal Chickadee - 5 on McDavitt Rd, 3.3 mi N of Sax Rd; also 3 at Admiral Rd feeders (Bohemian Waxwing - 0) Pine Grosbeak - only 1 near Cotton mixed crossbill flock - Poplar Rd, ? S of Arkola (but no redpolls) Evening Grosbeak - feeder on Nichols Lake Rd, 2.3 mi W of Hwy 53 Two Harbors CBC, Dec 21: Long-tailed Duck - 2 at Agate Bay, and 2 at Stoney Pt Northern Hawk Owl - CR 2, ~1/2 mi N of Hwy 61; and Stanley Rd, just E of St Louis-Lake Co line Great Gray Owl - Stanley Rd, just E of St Louis-Lake Co line (Bohemian Waxwing - 0) Pine Grosbeak - a few at feeders (but no crossbills or redpolls) Evening Grosbeak - feeder on Holm Rd, NW of Two Harbors off CR 12 (don't know location of feeder) Hope this helps. -Kim 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
