Explore Minnesota Birding Report Update January 20, 2012
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This is a great time to travel Hwy. 61 along the Mississippi River to view large numbers of overwintering bald and golden eagles. Be sure to stop at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha to learn all about these birds. And don't miss the upcoming Golden Eagle Project Field Trip offered by the National Eagle Center on February 4--this field trip begins at 1:00 p.m. with a brief classroom session on how to identify golden eagles, followed by a caravan to a field site to view golden eagles in the wild. To reserve your spot, contact Scott Mehus at 651/565-4989 or scott@nationaleaglecenter.org
The following information has been provided courtesy of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. This report is brought to you by ExploreMinnesota.com.
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The following is a list of recent, significant sightings:
On January 18, Karl Bardon reported from Duluth that a male Harlequin Duck and a male Barrow's Goldeneye were on Lake Superior between 16th and 17th Avenues East. Later in the day, both were found near 42nd Avenue. On the 14th, Jake Miller reported a dark-morph Gyrfalcon in the Duluth Port Terminal.
On January 15, Erik Collins found an adult Iceland Gull in St. Paul at the Hardman Avenue/Grand Avenue pedestrian overpass.
Jen Vieth passed along information on a Varied Thrush seen January 17 in Hastings in Dakota County at 17774 Blackbird Trail. And the Townsend's Solitaire which has been at Carpenter Nature Center in Washington County since November 27 was seen again on January 15.
Information in this statewide birding report is provided by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU), Minnesota's oldest and largest bird club. To submit a bird sighting, email the MOU birding report compiler at rba@moumn.org.
