[mou] Spotted Towhee in Duluth

[Kim R. Eckert]

It was recently learned that a Spotted Towhee has been coming to a back
yard of a house on Park Point in Duluth for about a week. Chuck Krulas,
Jeff Stephenson and others saw the bird between 4:00 and 4:15 Sunday
afternoon and confirmed the ID. Several of us returned this morning, but it
was not seen while we were there between 7:00 and 9:30.

The address is 1320 Minnesota Ave, and the homeowner told us this morning
she has no problem with birders coming to look for it under the following
conditions:

- Park on the street, and walk along the fence on the south side of her
house only as far as her back deck until you can see the back yard; stay
next to the fence and do not walk on or along the driveway to south of her
house which is on neighboring property;

- Do not walk down the driveway to the north of her house which leads to
another neighbor's property;

- Watch for the towhee as it scratches/feeds on the ground; it apparently
does not come to any of her feeders, and there seems to be no particular
time of day when it is seen.

Kim Eckert