An irruption of grosbeaks comes to Duluth, but will they stay?
Mostly absent from the region for decades, one Duluth birding expert suspects they might be making a comeback. 8:00 am, May 15, 2021 ×
A male evening grosbeak recently photographed by Laura Erickson in her yard in Duluth s Lakeside neighborhood. A once-common species nesting in the area, Erickson is asking Northlanders to keep an eye out for nesting evening grosbeaks to see if they might be making a comeback here. (Photo courtesy of Laura Erickson)
Laura Erickson remembers when she first moved to Duluth, exactly 40 years ago, when evening grosbeaks were common visitors to her bird feeders in the Lakeside neighborhood.
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Mid-Coast Audubon presents talk on finch irruptions
Mid-Coast Audubon and Camden Public Library will host a free online birding presentation on finch irruptions with Matthew Young at 6 p.m. on Thursday.
Young worked at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as project lead on the first Finch Irruptive Bird Survey for Bird Source to launch the Finch Research Network (FiRN) in fall 2020. He will discuss what an irruption is, and highlight Redpolls, Pine Grosbeaks, Evening Grosbeaks, and the distribution and ecology of different Red Crossbill flight calls. He will also introduce FiRN and its citizen science opportunities.
To register, email Julia Pierce at [email protected] to request the Zoom login information.
Mid-Coast Audubon offers talk on visiting finches
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Mid-Coast Audubon and Camden Public Library will host a free Zoom presentation about the northern finch winter visitors at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 18. To register for the event, email Julia Pierce at [email protected].
Crossbills
Photo courtesy of Tom Johnson
Irruptions a sudden population spike of finches from the north inspired Matthew Young to launch the Finch Research Network (FiRN) last fall. Young will discuss what an irruption is, and highlight Redpolls, Pine Grosbeaks, Evening Grosbeaks, and the distribution and ecology of different Red Crossbill flight calls. He will also introduce FiRN and its citizen science opportunities.
Mid-Coast Audubon Wed, 03/10/2021 - 10:30am
Have you seen new and beautiful finches like these Crossbills this winter? Courtesy of Tom Johnson
Been seeing lots of unusual finches this winter? Mid-Coast Audubon and Camden Public Library will host a free online Zoom presentation about our northern finch winter visitors on Thursday, March 18 at 6 p.m. To register for the event, please email Julia Pierce (jpierce@librarycamden.org) to request the Zoom login information.
Irruptions of these fascinating birds from the north inspired Matthew Young to launch the Finch Research Network (FiRN) in fall 2020. Matthew will discuss what an irruption is, and highlight Redpolls, Pine Grosbeaks, Evening Grosbeaks, and the distribution and ecology of different Red Crossbill flight calls. Matt will also introduce FiRN and its citizen science opportunities.
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