Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 20, 2007 *MNDU0709.20-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 20, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, September 20th, 2007 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Two PARASITIC JAEGERS were found by Peder Svingen on the 14th at the Lafayette Square 31st Street access on Park Point. All three jaeger species were reported from Wisconsin Point on the 19th. Twenty-two warbler species were seen by several observers on the 15th. A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen on the 15th at the Park Point recreation area soccer fields. Celeste Kawulok found a CASPIAN TERN on the 19th at the Sky Harbor Airport.
Dave and Sarah Grosshuesch found a GREAT EGRET north of Duluth along the Carrol Trail Road, a mile east of the junction of CR 4 and the Three Lakes Road (CR 49). More than 9,800 raptors were counted on the 14th at Hawk Ridge, including 8,983 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS and a single SWAINSON'S HAWK. Rebecca George reported three BOBOLINKS on the 14th and 15th at her home below Hawk Ridge, at 47th Avenue East and Tioga Street.
A WHIMBREL was found by Mike Steffes on the 15th at the east end of the East Castle Danger Road in Lake County. A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen with a flock of AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS on the 14th and the 16th at the Two Harbors golf course. Small numbers of CACKLING GEESE are being seen regularly at the golf course and the cemetery along Highway 61. A COMMON TERN was found on the 20th at Agate Bay in Two Harbors.
Shawn Conrad reports that the three EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES in Grand Rapids were seen again early in the week, and that interested observers should contact him about access to the home.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 27th. 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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