Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 10, 2016 *MNDU1603.10-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 10, 2016
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for March 10th, 2016 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen by Ian Soumis on the 5th and 6th near the East Bay Suites in Grand Marais. As many as seven LONG-TAILED DUCKS continue to be seen at Agate Bay in Two Harbors.
A flock of 25 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen on the 5th along MN Highway 61 at the McQuade Road. Cindy Edwardson saw a flock of 300 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 4th at East Arrowhead Road and Vermilion Road in the Woodland neighborhood of Duluth. Kristin Grover saw a flock of 100 on the 9th along the Fiskett Road in Rice Lake Township, and John Richardson saw a flock of 20 on the 10th at Thompson Hill in west Duluth.
John also saw two GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS on the 7th at the Park Point Recreation Area and another GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL along with an ICELAND GULL and a THAYER'S GULL at Interstate Island. He reported the first NORTHERN PINTAIL of the season at Interstate Island on the 7th, and Clinton Nienhaus saw two additional NORTHERN PINTAILS here on the 8th. John reported the first CANVASBACK of the season on the 8th on Park Point at 26th Street.
Frank Nicoletti, Dave Carman and others saw a record early RED-SHOULDERED HAWK on the 5th at the West Skyline Hawk Count along Skyline Drive below Enger Tower. They also counted 193 BALD EAGLES, five GOLDEN EAGLES, and they saw the brown-colored juvenile GYRFALCON that has been in the Duluth-Superior Harbor this winter. Both GYRFALCONS continue to be seen near the Peavey elevator at Connor's Point off US Highway 53 and along Winter Street in Superior.
The first TURKEY VULTURE of the season was reported by Jason Mandich on the 5th near Forbes north of the Sax-Zim Bog. Scott Jung and Stephen Nelson reported the first NORTHERN HARRIER of the season on the 7th at Sax-Zim. Several observers in and around Ely reported the first singing NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS of the season on the 6th.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 17th.
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/mou-net@lists.umn.edu/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 duluthrba@moumn.org
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