[mou] Pre-birding Duluth before Birdathon

[Michael Hendrickson]

The direction to this neat birding spot and a place that might get a lot of
attention in the coming years.  Grassy Point Park like Dave mentions has a
boardwalk out to the St. Louis River and once you get to the river there are
two over looks to view the cattail marshes and the river. I was there
yesterday and saw some Least Sandpipers on a mud flat. So for birdathoners
this might be a place to find shorebirds and other migrants.

1. Take Central Avenue Exit off I-35
2. Follow Central Avenue which runs pass the paper plant and a the back side
of Irving Hockey rinks.
3. Central Avenue comes to a stop sign.
4. Take a left on Waseca/Industrail
5. Cross over the bridge and veer right from the back entrance signs to the
paper plant/power plant.
6. Take a left on to Lesure St. and follow Lesure all the way to the end and
park in the parking lot and walk the boardwalk out to the river.

Mike H.


----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 10:04 PM
Subject: [mou] Pre-birding Duluth before Birdathon


> In an effort to do some pre-Birdathon scouting, I turned up the following:
> 14 May: Red-throated Grebe at new Grassy Point Park (a neat boardwalk with
> several platforms for viewing in the St. Louis River marsh behind the Enso
> Stora papermill in West Duluth).  Spotted Sandpiper at the boat landing on
> the bay side at the end of Park Point.  Several Palm and Yellow-rumped
> Warblers on the bay side (lake side is still very cold with ice on the
> beach).  Several small rafts of Greater Scaup with a few Goldeyes on the
bay
> side.  40th Ave West is very dry reflecting our below average rainfall
this
> spring.  Watch out at the yellow steel gate.  It was open when I went in
with
> my truck and save for the kindness of a MN Power repairman, who was part
of a
> crew fixing lines damaged in a grass fire, I would have been locked in.
He
> indicated that the Duluth Police Department decided to keep the gate
locked
> except for workers, so if its open, it might be locked when you return!
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