-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *December 30, 2011 *MNDU1112.30-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: December 30, 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 30th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The apparent GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was still present in the Duluth harbor as of the 29th. It has been seen by several observers at Canal Park and at WLSSD near the mouth of Miller Creek at 27th Avenue West. ICELAND GULLS, GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, GLAUCOUS GULLS, and THAYER'S GULLS continue to be seen at both locations.
The VARIED THRUSH at Pat Thomas's feeders at 6219 East Superior Street was seen as recently as the 25th. Birders are welcome to look for the bird, but are asked to stay between the driveway and the back door and not venture beyond the back of the house while looking for the bird. Dudley Edmundson saw a late-lingering YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER in Duluth on the 29th below London Road between 15th and 16th Avenue East.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, January 5th.
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. --====1325272701====-- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:00:41 -0700 Reply-To: Robert Burmaster <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Robert Burmaster <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Hennepin County - MSP Airport - Cargo Road - Snowy Owl - 12/30/2011 - with Photos Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi - I live 5 minutes from MSP and have regularly been touring Cargo Road in hop= es of spotting a Snowy Owl. My persistence (obsession) finally paid off tod= ay.=20 Snowy Owl spotted just south of the second tunnel entrance and just west of= Cargo Road. First sitting on the taxiway adjacent to the North/South runwa= y. He then jumped up to a taxiway sign. I watched it for about 20 minutes b= efore a plane came through the taxiway and flushed it to another taxiway si= gn the west side of the runway. He probably would have sat where he was muc= h longer if not for the plane that went by on the taxiway. Here are a bunch of the best photos I caught.http://www.flickr.com/photos/r= burmaster/sets/72157628640126835/ Kindest regards=2CBob [log in to unmask] = ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:28:04 -0700 Reply-To: Howard Towle <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Howard Towle <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Townsend's Solitaire - Sherburne Co Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I found a single Townsend's Solitaire this afternoon at the Ann Lake = location in Sherburne Co described by Pastor Al in an earlier post = (11/29). The bird was approximately 1/4 mile south of the parking lot, = alternating between feeding in the cedars and perching atop the = deciduous trees. Howard Towle Golden Valley, MN= ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:40:33 -0700 Reply-To: Dave Bartkey <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Dave Bartkey <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [mou-net] Wabasha Co. Snowy Owl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone=2C After participating in the Red Wing CBC today=2C we left Lake City and de= cided to head west through our section on a road we weren't able to cover e= arlier and we were rewarded with what is probably a juvenile male Snowy Owl= . It was located along the south side of Wabasha CR 15 about a quarter mile= east of where it intersects with CR 82. The bird was perched atop a teleph= one pole and seemed to be in good health. Interesting too was the Great-hor= ned Owl atop another pole about 5-7 miles west of here in Goodhue County. Good birding! Dave Bartkey Faribault=2CMN = ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dmou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:19:36 -0600 Reply-To: Peder Svingen <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]> From: Peder Svingen <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Glaucous-winged Gull images and videos from Duluth MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001636ed688f4292a104b55ba884 --001636ed688f4292a104b55ba884 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The adult Glaucous-winged Gull was seen at Canal Park, Duluth, in the late afternoon yesterday (12/29) between 2:40 and 2:57 PM and all afternoon today (12/30) until 3:00 PM when all of the gulls departed Canal Park. Other observers have reported finding the gull on ice floes in the Duluth harbor or at WLDDS (27th Ave West), but Canal Park has been the most consistent location since its discovery by Karl Bardon on the 22nd. I uploaded four short HD video clips taken yesterday under overcast skies which gives an accurate rendering of mantle shade. One of the clips shows the bird surrounded by American Herring Gulls for direct comparison of size, bill characteristics, and mantle shade. Other clips show the bird bathing and flapping its wings. http://youtu.be/hhpbPSDVT-I http://youtu.be/hZG1z8fY5mM http://youtu.be/b3QGNrHL68E http://youtu.be/-1zeZL8OEBs A series of images taken 25 December 2011 can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cochon/sets/72157628573959635/ Informed comments on this bird are most welcome. Thanks for your interest and best wishes for good birding in 2012! -- Peder H. 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The adult Glaucous-winged Gull was seen at Canal Park, Dulu= th, in the late afternoon yesterday (12/29) between 2:40 and 2:57 PM and al= l afternoon today (12/30) until 3:00 PM when all of the gulls departed Cana= l Park. Other observers have reported finding the gull on ice floes in the = Duluth harbor or at WLDDS (27th Ave West), but Canal Park has been the most= consistent location since its discovery by Karl Bardon on the 22nd.=A0
I uploaded four short HD video clips taken yesterday under = overcast skies which gives an accurate rendering of mantle shade. One of th= e clips shows the bird surrounded by American Herring Gulls for direct comp= arison of size, bill characteristics, and mantle shade. Other clips show th= e bird bathing and flapping its wings.=A0
A series of images taken 25 December 2011 can be found at:<= /p>
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cochon/sets/72157628573959635/
Informed comments on this bird are most welcome.=A0Thanks f= or your interest and best wishes for good birding in 2012!
-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *December 31, 2011 *MNST1112.31-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Statewide
Date: December 31, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) http://moumn.org
Reports: (763) 780-8890
Compiler: Anthony Hertzel ([log in to unmask])
This is the Minnesota Birding Report for December 30th, 2011.
In Duluth, that GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL is still being seen daily at Canal Park but also occasionally at 27th Avenue West, Other gulls in the area include GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, ICELAND GULL, THAYER'S GULL, and GLAUCOUS GULL.
I have a secondhand report of a BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, seen on the 26th on the Mississippi River at the state highway 61 pull-out north of Reads Landing in Wabasha County.
Howard Towle reported a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on the 30th at the Ann Lake campground in Sherburne County, about a quarter of a mile south of the parking lot. Another was reported on the 29th by Jim Otto at the Castle Rock cemetery, which is along Alverno Avenue about a quarter of a mile north of Dakota County Road 80. And on the 25th, Robin LaFortune found one at Lake Rebecca Park Reserve near Delano in Hennepin County. The location is east of Rattail Lake, south of the hiking trail and west of County Road 92. That TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE which has been at Carpenter Nature Center in Washington County since November 27th was seen again on December 24th.
Steve Millard reports that both TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE and VARIED THRUSH were seen on the Fergus Falls CBC in Otter Tail County on the 17th. In Duluth, a VARIED THRUSH is visiting the feeders 6219 East Superior Street, and it was last reported on the 25th.
The next scheduled update of this tape is January 5th 2012.
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Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:10:05 -0700
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From: Sid Stivland <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [mou-net] Fw: [NEBirds] Snowy Owl Summary - Update
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Maybe not new news but the Nebraska folks are up to 83 Snowies so far.
Sid Stivland
Plymouth, MN
From: Jorgensen, Joel=20
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 10:56 AM
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Subject: [NEBirds] Snowy Owl Summary - Update
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Good morning:
With the media coverage, additional reports of Snowy Owls have come in. =
The statewide total for Nebraska as of end of business yesterday was =
EIGHTY-THREE (83). Reports that come in are vetted and I am doing my =
best not to duplicate birds. Nebraska does have a higher total than Iowa =
(76) at this time. Not that it is a competition, but Iowa reports are =
lacking from the northeast part of the state just as reports are lacking =
for Nebraska in the west. It appears the invasion is centered roughly on =
the Missouri River valley.
Some information about the most recent reports in case anyone wants to =
go chasing in the wind (and possibly confirming some of these reports).
* Gage (?) County: E. Pickrell Rd. and had just crossed 608 Ave., =
between Pickrell and Tecumseh on 27 December. Observer was taking a walk =
and reported it on the ground and thought it was merely a plastic bag =
until she got closer and then realized it was a creature. I am unable to =
find where 608 Ave is?
* Hall County: 5 miles east of Shelton, NE along Burmood Rd, 29 =
December. Minimal description, requested additional details.
* Hitchcock County: County road southeast of Trenton. Photographed.
* Holt County: 1 miles south of the Niobrara River, found dead. Carcass =
photographed.
* Dodge County: Platte River sandbar 1 mile west of North Bend. Folks =
out on ATVs. Decent description of bird and behavior.
* Nuckolls County: An injured bird was picked up, but subsequently died.
Ross Silcock reported seeing the bird near Overton yesterday, but it if =
remember correctly the bird was a half mile south of Highway 30.
Finally, the bird reported previously from Valparaiso was actually found =
INSIDE a grain bin full of corn (I received some pictures to back this =
up). Perhaps it dropped down in it chasing a mouse? Anyways, the farmer =
left the top open and the Snowy Owl did get out, which I thought was a =
little surprising given the size of the openings at the top of a grain =
bin.
Happy New Year!
- Joel
Joel Jorgensen | Nongame Bird Program Manager
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
2200 N. 33rd St. | Lincoln, NE 68503
mailto:joel.jorgensen%40nebraska.gov