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*October 30, 2003
*MNDU0310.30

-Birds mentioned

• Pacific Loon
• Harlequin Duck
• Black Scoter
• White-winged Scoter
• Sharp-tailed Grouse
• Sandhill Crane
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Parasitic Jaeger
• Long-eared Owl
• Black-backed Woodpecker
• American Crow
• Boreal Chickadee
• Townsend's Solitaire
• Veery
• Varied Thrush
• SAGE THRASHER
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Nashville Warbler
• Northern Parula
• Cape May Warbler
• Blackpoll Warbler
• American Redstart
• LAZULI BUNTING
• Pine Grosbeak

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 30, 2003
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 728-5030
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 30, 2003, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Kim Eckert reported a female plumage LAZULI BUNTING from Cook County on the 26th. The bird was near mile marker 121, 11 miles east of Grand Marais or 2 miles east of Paradise Beach. The SAGE THRASHER was seen as recently as Tuesday the 28th in Grand Marais. Jim Lind found a VARIED THRUSH near Silver Bay on the shore of Lake Superior on Sunday.

With the Grand Marais Birding Festival taking place and other groups of birders in Grand Marais, there were many interesting sightings last weekend, including PACIFIC LOONS reported from Paradise Beach and from Grand Marais on the 25th, several sightings of all three scoters, 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS at Paradise Beach, a LONG-EARED OWL at Artist's Point on the 26th, a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE at Artist's Point, a BOREAL CHICKADEE at Magney Park on the 26th, plus several late warblers, including NASHVILLE WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, CAPE MAY WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, and AMERICAN REDSTART.

This afternoon there were six BLACK SCOTERS in the harbor at the boat landing at Park Point in Duluth. Mike Hendrickson reported a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER at Part Point yesterday; he also saw an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.

On the 27th, Sparky Stensaas reported SHARP-TAILED GROUSE displaying on the lek near Meadowlands on St. Louis Cty Rd 29, 1.8 miles north of 133. He also reported BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER is still lingering in the Pine Plantation at Hawk Ridge. Don Kienholz reported that the Black-backed at the Lester Park Golf Course was still near the lower parking lot as recently as Monday. Don also noted PINE GROSBEAKS and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS this week.

Judy Gibbs reported a partial-albino AMERICAN CROW with all-white primaries and secondaries northeast of Stoney Point on the 27th. On the 25th, Nancy Swanson had a SANDHILL CRANE in her yard in Solway Township. On the 23rd, birders from St. Paul reported an immature PARASITIC JAEGER from Burlington Bay in Two Harbors. Jim Lind saw a very late VEERY in Two Harbors on the 23rd, and it was seen again on the 25th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday,November 9th.

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.

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