Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 25, 2008 *MNDU0809.25-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 25, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, September 25th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A ROCK WREN was found by Shawn Conrad on the 25th at the Grand Marais municipal campground. It was seen on a large dirt pile near the yellow maintenance garages.
At least three PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen on the weekend of the 20th at Wisconsin Point, as well as a SABINES'S GULL, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, and a juvenile FRANKLIN’S GULL. Al Schirmacher reported a LITTLE GULL on the 20th at the 12th Street access on Park Point. Jan Green reported an immature LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 21st at the parking lot on the north side of the Park Point recreational area. Kim Eckert found a VESPER SPARROW on the 23rd on the bay side of Park Point at 13th Street. A GREAT EGRET was reported over the weekend by several observers at the 40th Avenue West Erie Pier area in Duluth.
Kim Eckert found a group of seven ROSS'S GEESE on the 14th at the Two Harbors golf course pond near the clubhouse at the 10th tee. Two CACKLING GEESE were also seen here, and another was seen on the 21st at the Two Harbors cemetery. A HARRIS’S SPARROW was seen on the 21st on 2nd Avenue in downtown Two Harbors.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 2nd.
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