-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*February 3, 2011
*MNDU1102.03

-Birds mentioned
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Boreal Chickadee
Varied Thrush
Bohemian Waxwing
Hoary Redpoll
Evening Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: February 3, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for February 3rd, 2010 sponsored by
the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The VARIED THRUSH in Ely on Main Street across from the Pillow Rock
historical marker was still present on the 2nd. Norma Malinowski saw a
HOARY REDPOLL on the 29th along North Klondike Drive on the east side of
Miner's Lake. She saw five EVENING GROSBEAKS on the 3rd and 40 BOHEMIAN
WAXWINGS on the 1st in the same area. Dave Grosshuesch found four BOREAL
CHICKADEES on the 3rd along MN Highway 1 near the Snake Trail, south of
Isabella.

A GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was again seen by Peder Svingen on the 30th at
Canal Park in Duluth. Mike Hendrickson saw a GLAUCOUS GULL here on the
29th. Jan Kraemer saw 200 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 28th at Foster Avenue
and West Page Street in the Duluth Heights neighborhood. EVENING
GROSBEAKS have been found during the past week along Water Street in the
Fond du Lac neighborhood of west Duluth.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, February
10th.

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
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