[mou] Duluth warbler update

[Eckert K R]

Since no one has posted anything about Park Point in the last couple 
days, here is a summary of the birding there over this past weekend, 
Aug 25-26. I'm aware of a composite total of 24 warbler species seen by 
various observers over the 2 days: 21 (or possibly 22) on Saturday and 
all 24 species on Sunday. All were seen in the area between the 
Southworth Marsh woods (which start at 41st St) and the trees at the 
Recreation Area, and several birders were able to personally see over 
20 species.

Of the 26 species which regularly migrate through Duluth, only 
Black-throated Blue and Orange-crowned were not reported, although 
there was a probable Orange-crowned which I saw briefly on Saturday 
(and which would be unusually early). Among the less common species 
which were only seen once or twice: Golden-winged, Cape May, 
Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Pine, Palm, Bay-breasted, Mourning, 
and Connecticut.

Also of note at Park Point over the weekend were a Red-throated Loon, 2 
Whimbrels, and up to 14 Buff-breasted Sandpipers. The loon, which was 
first spotted on the 23rd on the lake out from 31st St, was not 
reported by anyone on Saturday or on Sunday morning, but it reappeared 
briefly for a few observers mid-afternoon on Sunday. The 2 Whimbrels, 
also first reported on the 23rd, have reappeared daily through Sunday 
on the ballfields at the Recreation Area, although there are periods 
when they are absent. And Sunday was the peak day for Buff-breasteds, 
most of these also on the ballfields associating with Baird's 
Sandpipers plus a few at Hearding Island. In all, according to Peder 
Svingen, a total of 15 shorebird species were present in Duluth 
yesterday.

Kim Eckert