I wish to second Tami's thanks for Alyssa's updates. Volunteer work takes precedence over regular birding, but it's worth knowing what was or might be "out there", in case I'm in the vicinity of something special. Linda Whyte
On Sat, Oct 5, 2019, 1:05 PM Alyssa DeRubeis <[email protected]> wrote: > Alas, these birds may not be present anymore as I have not seen any recent > reports. But here is the information I found and their respective posting > locations: > > A juvenile Sabine’s Gull was seen and photographed by at least two birders > in Park Point (Duluth, St. Louis County) on September 30 and October 1. I > learned of these observations through Minnesota Birding (a Facebook group). > I did not see any reports of this on eBird’s rare bird alert. > > On September 28 and 29, a female-type Lark Bunting was seen by apparently > 20+ birders at Paul Van Hoven Park (Two Harbors, Lake County). Despite the > high number of observations, only 5 eBird reports were submitted (and I did > not see any postings of this on Facebook). > > I am switching to receiving more sporadic rare eBird alert emails (to > decrease inbox traffic), and I do not thoroughly comb through the many > daily posts on Facebook’s Minnesota Birding. As such, future posts like > these may be tardy. Fortunately, I have noticed others sharing information > from Facebook on here, and I appreciate those who try to cover all the > bases. > > Good birding! And envious from afar... > > Alyssa DeRubeis > Montréal, QC > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
