-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *November 5, 2015 *MNDU1511.05 -Birds mentioned Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Ruddy Duck Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon California Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Vermilion Flycatcher Black-billed Magpie Townsend's Solitaire Northern Mockingbird Bohemian Waxwing Golden-crowned Sparrow -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: November 5, 2015 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jsl...@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for November 5th, 2015 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Kim Eckert and Barb and Denny Martin found a female VERMILION FLYCATCHER on the 2nd at Lutsen Resort in Cook County. It could not be relocated. They also found an ICELAND GULL on the 1st at the Grand Portage marina. Dave Bartkey found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on the 31st at Good Harbor Bay west of Grand Marais. BLACK SCOTERS, SURF SCOTERS, WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and LONG-TAILED DUCKS were reported on the 31st and 1st by several observers at various sites in Cook County including Taconite Harbor, Good Harbor Bay, the Grand Marais harbor, and Paradise Beach. SURF SCOTERS, WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and LONG-TAILED DUCKS have also been seen recently at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors. BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen on the 31st and 1st near the Grand Marais campground, along the Beaver River at MN Highway 61, at 4th Avenue and 2nd Street in Two Harbors, and at Hawk Ridge in Duluth. Clinton Nienhaus also saw a flock on the 3rd just northeast of the Ray Berglund wayside rest between Tofte and Lutsen. Mike Hendrickson saw a PACIFIC LOON on the 1st at Stoney Point. Helen Hendrickson saw a BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE on the 26th in Duluth Township near the French River off the Ryan Road. Karl Bardon saw a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE fly by Hawk Ridge on the 3rd. Jan and Larry Kraemer relocated the PACIFIC LOON near the Sky Harbor Airport on the 1st, along with a RUDDY DUCK and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. Alex Lamoreaux and Kaija Gahm saw six RUDDY DUCKS on the 31st on the bay side of Park Point. John Richardson found a HARLEQUIN DUCK on the 30th on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry, and it was still present on the 2nd. Alex Lamoreaux saw eight THAYER'S GULLS on the 5th on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry. The CALIFORNIA GULL at the Superior Entry was last reported on the 30th. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw a PACIFIC LOON and a RED-THROATED LOON on the 2nd at Lot #1 on Wisconsin Point, and four RED-THROATED LOONS on the Wisconsin side of the Superior Entry The GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at 44th Avenue East and Regent Street in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth was still present on the 31st. Birders are welcome to look for the bird but the homeowner asks observers to stand by the corner of his front porch and not in his yard. The next scheduled update of this report will be on November 12th. This report is compiled from MOU-net postings, local eBird checklists, various Facebook group pages (some of which may require joining), and personal contacts. Please follow the links below for the most up-to-date information: MOU-net: http://www.mail-archive.com/mou-net@lists.umn.edu/maillist.html eBird: http://ebird.org/ebird/places Facebook group pages: Minnesota Ornithologists Union: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moumn.group/ Minnesota Birding: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mnbirding/ Minnesota Rare Bird Alert: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1570731239835376/ Northeast Minnesota Birding: https://www.facebook.com/groups/177159692431348/ Sax-Zim Bog: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saxzimbog/ Duluth Phenology: https://www.facebook.com/groups/duluthphenology/ Information about bird sightings may be sent to the Duluth Rare Bird Alert at duluth...@moumn.org 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, write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at m...@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
