[mou] Duluth RBA 9/27/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*September 27, 2007
*MNDU0709.27

-Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Western Grebe
American White Pelican
Swainson's Hawk
Red-necked Phalarope
Little Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Black-backed Woodpecker
Say's Phoebe
Gray Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Bohemian Waxwing
Vesper Sparrow
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 27, 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 27th, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A SAY'S PHOEBE was found on the 25th by Kim Eckert along the beach at
Park Point, near the 16th Street access. The bird was relocated on the
morning of the 26th, but has not been seen since. On the morning of the
21st Kim found a SABINE’S GULL out from the Sky Harbor Airport, and a
group of three was seen later in the day. On the 23rd, Dave and Lars
Benson reported a dark morph POMARINE JAEGER, an adult winter LITTLE
GULL, a WESTERN GREBE, and a probable Great Black-backed Gull at 22nd
Street on Park Point. Peder Svingen found a first-cycle FRANKLIN’S GULL
on the 26th near the airport. Steve and Deb Falkowski found a BLACK
SCOTER on the bay side of Park Point on the 22nd.

A juvenile and adult PARASITIC JAEGER, a second-cycle
LESSER-BLACK-BACKED GULL, and a GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen during
Mike Hendrickson's Lake Superior boat trip on the 22nd. The jaegers were
seen in Wisconsin waters. Birders at Wisconsin Point also reported a
juvenile and adult PARASITIC JAEGER and a juvenile POMARINE JAEGER over
the weekend, as well as a SABINE’S GULL, two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and a
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. Doug Kieser saw an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry on the 22nd.

A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen on the 23rd on Lake Superior about a
block east of the Lakewood Pumping Station, at a small rest area. Deb
Falkowski saw a ROSS'S GOOSE and four CACKLING GEESE on the 24th at the
Mesabi Range College in Virginia. A flock of 105 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS
was seen on the 26th in Two Harbors. Another flock of 96 was seen by
Lars Benson and others at Park Point at about the same time. BOHEMIAN
WAXWINGS were seen on the 22nd at Hawk Ridge and on the 26th in Knife
River.

Dory Spence and others saw a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO in Cook County on the
23rd, along the bike trail in Schroeder just west of the Temperance
River Road. Christine Olson found a BOREAL CHICKADEE on the 24th at
Longyear Lake in downtown Chisholm. Don Kienholz had two BOREAL
CHICKADEES in his yard along the Martin Road in Duluth on the 23rd, and
he saw three GRAY JAYS on the 24th at Duluth's Leif Erikson Park. Chris
Mansfield found a GRAY JAY on the 25th along the lakewalk at 24th Avenue
East, as well as a VESPER SPARROW. Sharon Lind saw a GRAY JAY on the
26th at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors.

Dave Grosshuesch saw a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 27th west of the
main overlook at Hawk Ridge. Nearly 200 BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES have
been banded in the past five days, suggesting a major irruption of this
species. More than 5,400 raptors were counted on the 22nd and about
6,000 were seen on the 25th. Single SWAINSON'S HAWKS were seen on both
days, and Frank Nicoletti banded a light morph juvenile nearby on the
24th. A late COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen on the 22nd.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October
4th. 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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