Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *January 20, 2012 *MNDU1201.20-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: January 20, 2012
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for January 20th, 2012 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A male HARLEQUIN DUCK and the male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE were found by Karl Bardon on the 18th between 16th and 17th Avenue East along the Duluth Lakewalk. They were later relocated at 42nd Avenue East. Jake Miller and others reported a dark-morph GYRFALCON on the 14th at the Duluth Port Terminal, but it has not been relocated. The apparent GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was still present on the 15th at Canal Park in Duluth. ICELAND GULLS, GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, GLAUCOUS GULLS, and THAYER’S GULLS continue to be seen here on a daily basis. A SNOWY OWL was still present on the 15th in the Duluth Port Terminal along Garfield Avenue.
A NORTHERN FLICKER is being seen regularly by Tim Larson on the 3100 block of Wellington Street near Lincoln Park. This may be the same bird seen in mid December on West Skyline Drive. I have not had any recent reports of the Varied Thrush at the Thomas's feeders at 6219 East Superior Street, but a HOARY REDPOLL was seen there on the 14th. A HOARY REDPOLL was also seen on the 14th in the Sax-Zim Bog at the Blue Spruce Road feeders, 1 mile north of CR 133.
The NORTHERN HAWK OWL at Gooseberry Falls State Park was relocated on the 14th along MN Highway 61 at the Gooseberry River and on the 15th at the park entrance. Kim Eckert and others relocated an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the 15th east of Isabella along the Sawbill Landing Road, 0.6 mile north of FR 172.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, January 26th.
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