[mou] Red Knots in Duluth....

[Peder Svingen]

Mike Hendrickson and I saw the two Red Knots at about 4:00 PM today on  
the bay side of the Park Point Recreation Area (thanks, Shawn) and  
then walked to the lakeside beach, where we found a third Red Knot  
standing side by side with an American Golden-Plover -- both birds  
were wearing full nuptial plumage. We saw several other shorebird  
species in the area, including a flyby Black-bellied Plover, and about  
a dozen Dunlin and a late Least Sandpiper. Earlier today, I saw three  
Black-bellied Plovers and two Willets at 40th Ave West, and four Ruddy  
Turnstones at Interstate Island, for a total of 12 species of  
shorebirds in Duluth 5/29.

Also at Interstate Island early this morning was a Franklin's Gull --  
this species is a rare migrant at Duluth.

Several observers saw up to four Red-throated Loons and the alternate- 
plumaged Pacific Loon on Lake Superior today, at various locations  
between the 12th Street public access and the Beach House at the  
Recreation Area on Park Point.
--
Peder H. Svingen
Duluth, MN


On May 29, 2008, at 2:19 PM, SCmzd at aol.com wrote:

> This morning was really great at Minnesota Point in Duluth, MN.  For  
> me, the Red Knot has been a kind of "holy grail" bird for some time  
> now.  I've longed to see one but was always a day late and so  
> on.....Well at last, through the persistence of time and a blessing  
> from the God above, I observed two beautiful red knots at Minnesota  
> Point.  The birds foraged on the bay side shoreline in between the  
> airport and the soccer fields for some time this morning.  Truly  
> special:)  If you like red knots, and you better!, I will post a  
> picture of one of the birds in the showcase section of MOU.  There  
> were many birders who observed the red knots.  There were also  
> several other cool species at the point today, but for me, it was  
> all about the knots.
> Happy Birding, Shawn Zierman.
>
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