This is the Duluth Birding Report for March 20th, 2017 sponsored by
the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The Six GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at the Grand Marais municipal
campground and the HARLEQUIN DUCK in the Grand Marais Harbor were
still present on the 19th.
Julie Grahn relocated the AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in northern
St. Louis County along the Johnson Road, 4.3 miles east of the town
of Cook, MN. Julie found another AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on
the 18th on the west end of Plum Creek Road, west of the town of
Cook.
Jan and Larry Kraemer saw a CACKLING GOOSE on the 14th and 15th at
Interstate Island in the Duluth Harbor. John Richardson saw 18
LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the 16th at Agate Bay in Two Harbors and Liz
Harper saw ten in the Grand Marais Harbor on the 18th.
Large flocks of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS have been seen during the past week
in Duluth along Toledo Street near the St. Scholastica campus, along
Central Entrance at Arlington, at Thompson Hill, and in the Fond du
Lac neighborhood, as well in Duluth Township along the West Knife
River Road west of the Homestead Road.
Early arrivals in the past week include EASTERN BLUEBIRD on the 11th,
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD on the 13th, and GREAT BLUE HERON on the 20th.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on or about Monday,
March 27th.
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
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