[mou] Duluth RBA 9/20/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*September 20, 2007
*MNDU0709.20

-Birds mentioned
Cackling Goose
Great Egret
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Parasitic Jaeger
Bobolink
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 20, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, September 20th, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Two PARASITIC JAEGERS were found by Peder Svingen on the 14th at the
Lafayette Square 31st Street access on Park Point. All three jaeger
species were reported from Wisconsin Point on the 19th. Twenty-two
warbler species were seen by several observers on the 15th. A
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen on the 15th at the Park Point
recreation area soccer fields. Celeste Kawulok found a CASPIAN TERN on
the 19th at the Sky Harbor Airport.

Dave and Sarah Grosshuesch found a GREAT EGRET north of Duluth along the
Carrol Trail Road, a mile east of the junction of CR 4 and the Three
Lakes Road (CR 49). More than 9,800 raptors were counted on the 14th at
Hawk Ridge, including 8,983 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS and a single SWAINSON'S
HAWK. Rebecca George reported three BOBOLINKS on the 14th and 15th at
her home below Hawk Ridge, at 47th Avenue East and Tioga Street.

A WHIMBREL was found by Mike Steffes on the 15th at the east end of the
East Castle Danger Road in Lake County. A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was
seen with a flock of AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS on the 14th and the 16th at
the Two Harbors golf course. Small numbers of CACKLING GEESE are being
seen regularly at the golf course and the cemetery along Highway 61. A
COMMON TERN was found on the 20th at Agate Bay in Two Harbors.

Shawn Conrad reports that the three EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES in Grand
Rapids were seen again early in the week, and that interested observers
should contact him about access to the home.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September
27th. 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, e-mail us
at mou at moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
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