[mou] [rba] Duluth RBA 10/17/08

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*October 17, 2008
*MNDU0810.17

-Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Red-throated Loon
Western Grebe
Sabine's Gull
Short-eared Owl
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
American Robin
American Redstart
Field Sparrow
Purple Finch
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 17, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Friday, October 17th, 2008
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Single RED-THROATED LOONS were found by Mike Hendrickson at Park Point
on the 12th from the 31st Street Lafayette Square access and near the
Sky Harbor Airport. One was relocated on the 13th near the airport,
along with two SURF SCOTERS. Peder Svingen relocated the adult ROSS'S
GOOSE on the 10th at the Park Point Recreation Area, as well as the
first-cycle FRANKLIN’S GULL that has been reported during the past few
weeks.

Erik Bruhnke reported a WESTERN GREBE and an ARCTIC LOON at Wisconsin
Point on the 12th, and two SABINE'S GULLS and a BLACK SCOTER on the
16th. Mike Hendrickson found a first-winter THAYER’S GULL on the 10th on
the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry.

Jan Kraemer found a FIELD SPARROW on the 16th in the Duluth Heights
neighborhood at the junction of Ideal Street and Farrell Road. On the
11th Jan saw a pair of TRUMPETER SWANS in Carlton County on Island Lake
south of MN Highway 210 at Cromwell. Jan Green saw a late AMERICAN
REDSTART on the 15th along the Old North Shore Road in Duluth Township.

High counts of 17,667 AMERICAN ROBINS on the 15th and 799 PURPLE FINCHES
on the 16th were tallied at Hawk Ridge. A RED-THROATED LOON, SHORT-EARED
OWL and the season's first NORTHERN SHRIKE flew by the overlook on the
16th. Single BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were seen on an almost daily basis
during the past week.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October
23rd.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858.
Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded
message.

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, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us
at mou at moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
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