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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 6, 2005 *MNDU0510.06 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 6, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
Transcriber: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 6th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A juvenile RED PHALAROPE and two juvenile SABINE'S GULLS were seen on the MOU pelagic trip on October 1st, about a mile and a half out from Park Point on Lake Superior. The group also saw a SHORT-EARED OWL near the Superior Entry flying towards downtown Duluth.
Peder Svingen found a SMITH'S LONGSPUR at Park Point on September 30th near the Sky Harbor airport. Denny and Barb Martin found a juvenile THAYER'S GULL in the flooded ball fields at the Park Point recreational area on the 4th, and it was seen again this morning. Kim Eckert found two adult Thayer's Gulls here on the 5th. DUNLIN, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER were also seen here on the 4th and 5th.
Al and Nathan Schirmacher found a NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW and a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors on the 1st. They also saw SNOW BUNTINGS on Park Point and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER at Stoney Point. Jan Green found a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Stoney Point on the 3rd. The first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK of the season was seen at Hawk Ridge on September 30th.
A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was seen four miles north of Two Harbors on the 1st. AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS were seen at several spots along the North Shore today. A very late EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE was found today at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors and a VESPER SPARROW was seen at Agate Bay. At least 141 CACKLING GEESE and one SNOW GOOSE were seen yesterday and today at the Two Harbors golf course.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 13th.
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 to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
