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Jim Lind <[log in to unmask]>
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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*December 16, 2011
*MNDU1112.16

-Birds mentioned
Greater Scaup
Black-legged Kittiwake
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Snowy Owl
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: December 16, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for December 16th, 2011 sponsored by
the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was found by Jason Caddy on the 13th at Canal
Park. Several observers have also reported ICELAND GULL, GREAT
BLACK-BACKED GULLS, GLAUCOUS GULLS, and THAYER'S GULLS at Canal Park
during the past week. The male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was relocated by Peder
Svingen on the 15th at Canal Park along with a late GREATER SCAUP, and
he saw a SNOWY OWL at the end of the Canal Park breakwall. SNOWY OWLS
continue to be reported from Duluth’s Port Terminal area.

Don Kienholz found a late-lingering WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on the 15th in
the brush piles at the WLSSD compost area in west Duluth. Mike
Hendrickson saw a late HARRIS'S SPARROW in the Port Terminal on the 10th
along Helberg Road.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, December
22nd.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858.
Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded
message.

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, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us
at [log in to unmask], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.


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