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*September 14, 2006
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• Cackling Goose
• Great Egret
• American Golden-Plover
• Semipalmated Plover
• Whimbrel
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper
• Little Gull
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Sabine's Gull
• Black Tern
• Common Tern
• Forster's Tern
• Pomarine Jaeger
• Parasitic Jaeger
• Varied Thrush
• American Pipit
• Connecticut Warbler
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Bobolink
• Rusty Blackbird

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 14, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, September 14th, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The Lake Superior boat trip led by Mike Hendrickson on the 9th turned up three PARASITIC JAEGERS in the far off-shore waters east of Park Point and an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the Superior Entry at Minnesota Point. Two or three other PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen by Robbye Johnson at the same time on the 9th at Wisconsin Point, as well as an adult LITTLE GULL on the inland side of Wisconsin Point. One or two PARASITIC JAEGERS were also seen off Wisconsin Point on the 10th.

The juvenile POMARINE JAEGER was relocated by Randy Fredrickson and Peder Svingen at about noon on the 10th at Park Point near the Sky Harbor Airport. Later that afternoon, Peder found a juvenile SABINE'S GULL and relocated the adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry.

Kim Eckert found a WHIMBREL on the 11th at the south end of the Sky Harbor Airport runway at Park Point. He also saw a juvenile FORSTER'S TERN and a BLACK TERN nearby. On the 8th, Kim found a RUSTY BLACKBIRD at 19th Street on Park Point and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER near the first railroad tracks at the 40th Avenue West Erie Pier area. Yesterday he found a HARRIS’S SPARROW and migrating BOBOLINKS at Stoney Point, and three COMMON TERNS flying by Knife River.

Two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were seen on the 8th on the lakeside of Park Point near the airport. Tim Dawson saw two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the 9th in the parking lot at Bayfront Park near the aquarium. Don Kienholz saw a third one here today.

Deb and Steve Falkowski found a GREAT EGRET on the 9th at the 40th Avenue West Erie Pier area. They also saw a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, and AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER. A probable GREAT EGRET was seen over the weekend near the Sunset Grill ballfields at the junction of the Martin Road (CR 9) and Rice Lake Road (CR 4).

A male VARIED THRUSH was reported by Burnett Hojnacki on the 10th in east Duluth along Lakeview Drive between Arrowhead Road and Aspen Lane.

Bill Tefft found a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on the 5th near Ely, and a CACKLING GOOSE and AMERICAN PIPIT at the softball fields on the south end of town.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 21st.

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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