-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *January 15, 2016 *MNDU1601.15 -Birds mentioned Greater Scaup Surf Scoter Long-tailed Duck Red-necked Grebe Ivory Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Northern Flicker Gyrfalcon Townsend's Solitaire Golden-crowned Sparrow -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: January 15, 2016 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jsl...@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for January 15th, 2016 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The immature IVORY GULL that had not been since the 9th at Canal Park in Duluth was relocated by Larry and Jan Kraemer on the 15th at Canal Park. Few gulls of any kind had been seen here in recent days; although, ICELAND GULLS, THAYER'S GULLS, GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, and GLAUCOUS GULLS are all assumed to still be in the Duluth/ Superior area. A GREATER SCAUP was still present at Canal Park on the 10th. The GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at 44th Avenue East and Regent Street in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth was last reported on the 9th, but it is likely still present. Birders are welcome to look for the bird but the homeowner asks observers to stay on the sidewalk and not venture into his yard. Terry Wiens saw a NORTHERN FLICKER on the 8th near Enger Tower in Duluth. Dave and Lars Benson saw a SURF SCOTER on the 8th at Paradise Beach east of Grand Marais, and many LONG-TAILED DUCKS in and around Grand Marais. They also saw a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on the 8th at Good Harbor Bay west of Grand Marais. Joe Jungers saw four RED-NECKED GREBES and seven LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the 8th at Stoney Point. The dark gray/intermediate morph juvenile GYRFALCON near the Peavey elevator and Connor's Point off US Highway 53 in Superior was reported as recently as the 13th. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, January 21st. 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
