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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *November 23, 2013 *MNDU1311.23-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 23, 2013
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for November 23rd, 2013 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A HARLEQUIN DUCK was found by Dudley Edmondson on the 12th at Canal Park in Duluth, and it was still present on the 18th. Jan and Larry Kraemer found an adult ICELAND GULL on the 15th at Canal Park and a RED-THROATED LOON on the 14th through the 16th. GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, THAYER'S GULLS, and GLAUCOUS GULLS continue to be seen at Canal Park.
The female LONG-TAILED DUCK at the McQuade Road boat launch was still present as of the 17th. Erik Brunke and others found a LONG-TAILED DUCK on the 14th at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors.
Anthony Mitchell photographed an extremely late GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER on the 12th in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth. Jan and John Green saw two late TURKEY VULTURES on the 11th along MN Highway 61 at Larsmont.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on November 29th.
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