[mou] Duluth RBA 10/6/05

[Jim Lind]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 6th, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A juvenile RED PHALAROPE and two juvenile SABINE'S GULLS were seen on 
the MOU pelagic trip on October 1st, about a mile and a half out from 
Park Point on Lake Superior.  The group also saw a SHORT-EARED OWL 
near the Superior Entry flying towards downtown Duluth.

Peder Svingen found a SMITH'S LONGSPUR at Park Point on September 
30th near the Sky Harbor airport.  Denny and Barb Martin found a 
juvenile THAYER'S GULL in the flooded ball fields at the Park Point 
recreational area on the 4th, and it was seen again this morning.  
Kim Eckert found two adult Thayer's Gulls here on the 5th.  DUNLIN, 
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and 
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER were also seen here on the 4th and 5th.

Al and Nathan Schirmacher found a NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW and a 
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors on the 
1st.  They also saw SNOW BUNTINGS on Park Point and a WHITE-WINGED 
SCOTER at Stoney Point.  Jan Green found a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at 
Stoney Point on the 3rd.  The first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK of the season 
was seen at Hawk Ridge on September 30th.  

A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was seen four miles north of Two Harbors on 
the 1st.  AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS were seen at several spots along the 
North Shore today.  A very late EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE was found today at 
Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors and a VESPER SPARROW was seen at 
Agate Bay.  At least 141 CACKLING GEESE and one SNOW GOOSE were seen 
yesterday and today at the Two Harbors golf course.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 
13th.

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 to 
mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.