-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *December 16, 2016 *MNDU1612.16 -Birds mentioned Greater Scaup Long-tailed Duck Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Varied Thrush Bohemian Waxwing Eurasian Tree Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: December 16, 2016 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind ([email protected]) This is the Duluth Birding Report for December 16th, 2016 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The EURASIAN TREE SPARROW in downtown Two Harbors was seen as recently as the 13th 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 still present as of the 15th. Birders are welcome to look for the bird but he asks observers to stay on the sidewalk and not venture into his yard. Kim Eckert saw a LONG-TAILED DUCK at Canal Park in Duluth on the 15th. THAYER'S GULLS, ICELAND GULL, BLACK-BACKED GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL continue to be reported from Canal Park. Peder Svingen saw a late-lingering GREATER SCAUP on the 13th at 13th Street on Park Point. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw a very late LINCOLN'S SPARROW at Stoney Point on the 13th, but it has not been relocated. John Richardson reports that a VARIED THRUSH was seen in Grand Marais on the 15th on 3rd Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Street. Bill Tefft saw a flock of more than 200 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 14th in Ely, in the neighborhood of East 2nd Street and Boundary Street. The next scheduled update of this report will be on or about Friday, December 23rd. 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/[email protected]/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 [email protected] 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 [email protected], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
