Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *August 31, 2006 *MNDU0608.31-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 31, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 31st, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Brad Bolduan found eight SPRUCE GROUSE in the George Washington State Forest in Itasca County on the 26th. They were along CR 552 which heads south from CR 52 to Bear Lake.
More than 540 songbirds were banded at Hawk Ridge in Duluth on the 27th and 28th. The previous single-day record of 271 individuals was broken on the 28th with 362 birds banded, including more than 140 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, two CONNECTICUT WARBLERS and a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. Kim and Cindy Risen found 22 warbler species at Park Point on the afternoon of the 29th, as well as BONAPARTE'S GULLS and FORSTER’S TERNS in the harbor.
Mike Hendrickson found BLACK TERNS, BONAPARTE'S GULLS, SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, SANDERLINGS, and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS on the 25th at Lafayette Square on Park Point. Tom Nelson found two RED-NECKED PHALAROPES on the 24th in Grand Marais just east of Artist's Point.
Jan Green found a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors on the 27th.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 7th.
The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.
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