[rba] Duluth RBA 10/9/08

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*October 9, 2008
*MNDU0810.09

-Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Ruddy Duck
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Parasitic Jaeger
Short-eared Owl
Black-backed Woodpecker
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 9, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 9th, 2008
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A CATTLE EGRET was found by Kim Eckert on the 8th on a rock behind the
Lester River visitors information building in east Duluth. Karl Bardon
and Erik Bruhnke saw two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and two LONG-TAILED DUCKS
at Park Point on the 7th. Erik also found a SHORT-EARED OWL at Park
Point on the 9th flying over Lake Superior. Mike Hendrickson saw a
ROSS'S GOOSE, RUDDY DUCK, and GREAT EGRET on the 5th at the 40th Avenue
West Erie Pier area. Mike saw an adult PARASITIC JAEGER on the 6th at
Park Point as well as six SURF SCOTERS. Karl Bardon had a flyover
SMITH’S LONGSPUR at the Hawk Ridge main overlook on the 3rd.

Tony Hertzel and Peder Svingen saw a female-type HARLEQUIN DUCK on the
4th at Paradise Beach in Cook County, about 14 miles northeast of Grand
Marais. Shawn Conrad found the bird on the same day, along with a female
BLACK SCOTER. On the 4th Shawn also found a ROSS'S GOOSE at the Two
Harbors golf course, an adult THAYER’S GULL at Knife River, a
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at the Beaver Bay sewage ponds, and another at
the west end of Stoney Point Drive. Kim Eckert found two SURF SCOTERS on
the 9th at Taconite Harbor in Cook County.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October
16th.

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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