I don't know what the final determination about the Abert's Towhee was--that is a bird without any history at all of vagrancy.
Phainopeplas are indeed found normally in the Southwest, like the towhee, but unlike the towhee, there are several records of Phainopeplas wandering widely--vagrants have been found on Nantucket Island and near Toronto and Winnipeg. So extraordinary as any first state record is, this one is much less questionable than an Abert's Towhee up here. Laura Erickson Duluth On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 12:52 PM [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Isn’t this another example of the person who brings southwestern birds up > to NE Mn; wasn’t there another bird from the SW seen similar to this a few > months ago?? If that is the case, how does MOU and eBird handle artificial > introductions? > > Howard > > > On Oct 31, 2022, at 12:41 PM, Tanya Beyer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Yes thanks Mike for your update--I too saw the phainopepla over the noon > > hour in the motel grounds, flycatching from the crab apple tree and dead > > spruce, behaving just like the waxwings who I understand are its distant > > cousins. Likely this was a young bird that decided to wander northward. > > > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 12:24 PM Michael Steffes < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> A big thank you, Michael, from one who benefited from your spotting the > >> bird! > >> > >> Mike Steffes, Lake County > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 10:24 AM Michael Hendrickson < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> I observed the Phainopepla today at 10:22 at 5127 old north shore drive > >> and > >>> also can be found next door at the old Beachway Motel. Other birders > >> here > >>> as well. -- > >>> Mike Hendrickson > >>> Duluth, Minnesota > >>> > >>> ---- > >>> General information and guidelines for posting: > >>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > >>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >>> > >>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social > >>> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Michael Steffes > >> > >> ---- > >> General information and guidelines for posting: > >> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social > >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > > > ---- > > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > -- Laura Erickson Duluth, MN she/her/hers For the love, understanding, and protection of birds www.lauraerickson.com You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. —Annie Dillard Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
