[mou] Duluth RBA 10/02/03

[David R. Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for October 2nd, 2003, sponsored by the
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Peder Svingen found a juvenile SABINE'S GULL in the vicinity of the airport
at Park Point on the 1st. He also saw an unidentified jaeger. Over last
weekend, as many as four Sabine's Gulls were seen around the Superior
Entry. In addition, on the 28th, there was a HARLEQUIN DUCK, as well as a
probable POMARINE JAEGER and an adult light-morph PARASITIC JAEGER at the
Superior Entry. I also received a second-hand report of a juvenile GREAT
BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 27th.

Mike Hendrickson found 1 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, 4 SURF SCOTERS, and 1 BLACK
SCOTER on Lake Superior on the 30th. He also reported BONAPARTE'S GULLS, a
late LEAST FLYCATCHER, and a NASHVILLE WARBLER. Today at Park Point
Recreation Area, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and a dark, juvenile SNOW
GOOSE were present.

On the 28th, Jim Lind found a juvenile RED-THROATED LOON off Artist's Point
in Grand Marais. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen at the Cutface Creek
Wayside east of Grand Marais on the 28th. Jim also found a BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON near Burlington Bay in Two Harbors  on the 29th, and a SMITH'S
LONGSPUR by the historic trains near the waterfront. Today at least one
Smith's Longspur was with a flock of about 100 LAPLAND LONGSPURS that have
been around the open areas at the Duluth Rose Garden and the Plaza Shopping
Center this week.

Kim Eckert reported 8 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS at 40th Ave W on the 28th. Gordy
Martinson reported a BARRED OWL from the intersection of Oak and Maxwell
this week. Josh Watson reported 6 TUNDRA SWANS from Four Mile Lake on the
Sawbill Trail on the 28th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 9th.

The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 728-5030, and
callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of
each tape.

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 of Natural
History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455; or send an e-mail to
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