[mou] Duluth RBA 9/29/04

[David Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Wednesday, September 29th, 2004,=20=

sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists=92 Union.

An ARCTIC TERN was seen on Lake Superior on the 26th and 27th off=20
Minnesota and Wisconsin Points.

A SABINE=92S GULL and a LITTLE GULL were seen by a number of observers=20=

over Lake Superior on the 26th. On the 24th observers at Wisconsin=20
Point in Superior reported a PACIFIC LOON, a WESTERN GREBE, a FORSTER=92S=20=

TERN, and 2 juvenile SABINE=92S GULLS. On the 23rd, another PARASITIC=20
JAEGER was seen there. The loon was still present on the 27th, along=20
with two more jaegers.

A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at Minnesota Point over the weekend, and=20
yesterday Peder Svingen saw two Short-eared Owls over Lake Superior,=20
again from Minnesota Point.

Deb Buria-Falkowski reported a juvenile RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at the=20
north (back) pool at the Biwabik Sewage pond on the 27th. Suzanne=20
Gucciardo found a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on the East Bay in Grand=20
Marais on the 25th.

On the 25th, Jim and Sharon Lind found a CACKLING GOOSE at the mouth of=20=

the Knife River, 2 BONAPARTE=92S GULLS at Burlington Bay, a BOREAL=20
CHICKADEE near the mouth of the Knife, and 14 sparrow species,=20
including 2 VESPER SPARROWS at the west end of 2nd Ave in Two Harbors,=20=

1 LE CONTE=92S SPARROW east of Emily=92s in Knife River and 2 more south =
of=20
the Americinn east of Silver Bay.

Several observers reported small flocks of HARRIS=92 SPARROWS in Duluth=20=

and along the North Shore this week. At Stoney Point, Jan Green found a=20=

BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 25th and a BOREAL CHICKADEE on the 26th.

And finally, to correct last week=92s report, there was no Great=20
Black-backed BULL seen, although it is not the first time bull has=20
appeared in this report.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October=20
7th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-728-5030.=20
Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded=20
message.

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota=20
Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more=20
information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum to=20
mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.=