-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *December 8, 2016 *MNDU1612.08 -Birds mentioned Harlequin Duck Long-tailed Duck Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Townsend's Solitaire Varied Thrush Northern Mockingbird Eurasian Tree Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: December 8, 2016 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jsl...@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for December 8th, 2016 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The EURASIAN TREE SPARROW in downtown Two Harbors was seen as recently as the 4th and is probably still present. It moves around throughout the day with a flock of House Sparrows, and is seen mainly along Waterfront Drive especially in the alley behind the library at 4th Avenue, at the post office at 1st Avenue, and at the ground feeder at South Avenue between the Do North pizzeria and the black historic locomotive. The GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at 44th Avenue East and Regent Street in east Duluth was reported as recently as the 3rd and is also most likely still present. Birders are welcome to look for the bird but he asks observers to stay on the sidewalk and not venture into his yard. The NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on Park Point was relocated as recently as the 2nd at 40th Street between the rowing club and Southworth Marsh. The female HARLEQUIN DUCK at the McQuade Road public access northeast of Duluth was last reported on the 2nd. Six LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen as recently as the 6th at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors. John Richardson saw a possible VARIED THRUSH on the 6th along Everett Street in Duluth, but it has not been relocated. Bob Myers saw a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on the 8th in the town of Silver Bay. THAYER'S GULLS, ICELAND GULL, BLACK-BACKED GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL continue to be reported from Canal Park in Duluth. The next scheduled update of this report will be on or about Friday, December 16th. 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.
