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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 3, 2002 *MNDU0210.03 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 3, 2002
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 3, 2002, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Barb Adams saw a GREAT EGRET northwest of Barnum on the 2nd.
All three scoters were reported from Minnesota Point this week.
On the 27th, Mike Hendrickson spotted a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at 40th Ave West. On the 30th Chris Mansfield saw 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS at the Park Point Recreation Area. On Oct. 1st, Jim Barrett reported 11 DUNLINS and 12 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, along with a few other shorebirds at Morgan Park.
It has been a good fall for warblers in this area. Derek Lovitch's report of a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER on the 26th completes the list of regular Duluth species this fall. There continue to be lots of sparrows at 40th Ave West. On the 28th, Colin Gjervold and others had 12 species there, along with a SNOW GOOSE, and a SHORT-EARED OWL.
Mark Alt and Kim Risen counted over 6,000 AMERICAN ROBINS, 3,000 BLUE JAYS, and 1,000 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at Stony Point on the 2nd. They also found a SMITH'S LONGSPUR and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at Silver Bay, and 29 HARRIS'S SPARROWS in Grand Marais.
An informal census of birds on the Duluth waterfront, organized by Kim Eckert and carried out by a number of Duluth birders, turned up over 100 species in a few hours on the 28th and 29th, including over 750 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and over 1000 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.
The next scheduled update of this report will be Thursday, October 10th.
The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 728-5030, and callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of each tape.
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 of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455; or send an e-mail to mou@cbs.umn.edu; or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.
