-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *January 9, 2016 *MNDU1601.09 -Birds mentioned White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Spruce Grouse Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Ivory Gull Ring-billed Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Black-backed Woodpecker Gyrfalcon Peregrine Falcon Bohemian Waxwing Golden-crowned Sparrow -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: January 9, 2016 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask]) This is the Duluth Birding Report for January 9th, 2016 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The immature IVORY GULL at Canal Park in Duluth has been seen every day by many observers since being found by Jan and Larry Kraemer on the 1st. Brian Murdock found a second immature bird dead in Superior on the 5th under the Blatnik Bridge. ICELAND GULLS, THAYER'S GULLS, GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULLS, and at least four late-lingering RING-BILLED GULLS continue to be seen at Canal Park in Duluth. John Richardson relocated the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at first light on the 8th at 44th Avenue East and Regent Street in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth. Birders are welcome to look for the bird but the homeowner asks observers to stay on the sidewalk and not venture into his yard. A flock of more than 400 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS has been seen recently in the upper Woodland neighborhood of Duluth, especially around Everett Street, Morningside Avenue, and Allendale Avenue. A WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was seen by Clinton Nienhaus and others on the 5th at the Grand Marais Harbor. They also saw nine LONG-TAILED DUCKS at Good Harbor Bay west of Grand Marais. John Richardson saw four LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the 8th at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors. Two HORNED GREBES were seen here on the 4th. John saw two RED-NECKED GREBES on the 6th at Stony Point Nathan Goldberg and Sulli Gibson saw three SPRUCE GROUSE on the 6th along Lake County Road 2 near the Sand River. Stephen Rossiter saw two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS on the 8th along the Spruce Road in northern Lake County, but I don't have specific locations. BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS are also being reported along the McDavitt and Admiral Road in the Sax-Zim Bog. Two GYRFALCONS are being seen almost daily near the Peavey elevator and Connor's Point off US Highway 53 in Superior. One is an adult gray-morph and the other is a dark gray/intermediate morph juvenile. Two PEREGRINE FALCONS are also being seen in the area and in the Port Terminal of Duluth. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, January 14th. 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:[log in to unmask] 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 [log in to unmask] 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, write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at [log in to unmask], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.