Programs are the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm from September through May, excluding December. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Duluth, 835 West College Street, Duluth. Free and open to all.
You can use our Duluth Audubon Society Birding Map to find the location of one of our guided group trips…or go on your own. The eBird links are in the location titles. Most of these are also described on the Minnesota birding hotspots website and more info is at eBird.
Global Big Day 2020 is May 9. See calendar below for link.
Covid-19 Special
Duluth Audubon Society’s Bird Counting Contest – sheltering in place style! Win a prize!
Since we will not be having our April program, let’s try to lighten the mood. Covid-19 can’t keep us from watching our birds so join us this Monday, March 30th for a friendly little competition! All are welcome to participate, but only Duluth Audubon Society members are eligible for the prize. The prize will be your choice of a DAS t-shirt or a set of binocular straps.
From 0700 to 1200 noon, count the species observed, as well as individuals of each species you see in or from your yard. Try not to count the same bird multiple times if they are regular feeder visitors or if they are leaving and rejoining a flock. The person observing the most species will be the winner, with the tie-breaker being the number of birds!
The winner is:
Thanks to all that participated. We had two folks with 15 species – and of those 1 had 68 total birds, the other 52 total.
The winner’s list – 15 species, 68 birds:
Canada goose (10)
Blue jay (4)
White-breasted nuthatch (3)
Red-breasted nuthatch (2)
American crow (11)
American robin (3)
American goldfinch (2)
Dark-eyed junco (17)
Black-capped chickadee (3)
Purple finch (4)
Downy woodpecker (2)
Hairy woodpecker (2)
Red-bellied woodpecker (2)
Pileated woodpecker (2)
Merlin (1)
The other 15 species person saw:
2 Canada Goose
1 Mourning Dove
2 Downy Woodpecker
4 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
7 Blue Jay
4 American Crow
1 Common Raven
3 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 American Robin
12 American Goldfinch
3 Dark-eyed Junco
6 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Common Grackle
Number of Taxa: 15
52 birds.
2019 – 2020 Calendar
| Date | Event / Speaker | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2019 7:00pm | Monthly Meeting and Program | NO SEPTEMBER MEETING AND PROGRAM |
| Oct 10, 2019 7:00pm | Melissa Sjolund | DNR’s work in St. Louis River Estuary |
| Nov 14, 2019 7:00pm | Pat Miller (changed from Oct.) | The Life of John James Audubon |
| Dec. 1 -10 am CANCELLED due to predicted winter storm | 10 am Gull Watches (2019 watch reports coming) | Superior Entry w/Clinton Dexter-Nienhaus |
| December, 2019 | None | We don’t meet in December |
| Jan 9, 2020 7:00pm | Larry Weber | Animal Tracks in the Snow |
| Feb 13, 2020 7:00pm | Dave Grosshuesch | Title – The MAPS program: Summary of bird banding results in the Arrowhead region of Minnesota |
| Mar 12, 2020 7:00pm | Tim Catton | Bats in the Superior National Forest |
| Apr 9, 2020 7:00pm | Carroll Henderson |
Cancelled |
| Mondays Apr 27 – May 25 6:30pm to 8:00pm | Clinton Dexter-Nienhaus |
Cancelled |
| May 9, 2020 | Global Big Day | https://ebird.org/news/global-big-day-9-may-2020 |
| May 14, 2020 7:00pm | Rob Schultz |
Cancelled |
Other birding websites
Friends of Sax Zim Bog Upcoming Events
Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union
Year of the Bird – National Geographic Society