Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 9, 2008 *MNDU0810.09-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 9, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 9th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A CATTLE EGRET was found by Kim Eckert on the 8th on a rock behind the Lester River visitors information building in east Duluth. Karl Bardon and Erik Bruhnke saw two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and two LONG-TAILED DUCKS at Park Point on the 7th. Erik also found a SHORT-EARED OWL at Park Point on the 9th flying over Lake Superior. Mike Hendrickson saw a ROSS'S GOOSE, RUDDY DUCK, and GREAT EGRET on the 5th at the 40th Avenue West Erie Pier area. Mike saw an adult PARASITIC JAEGER on the 6th at Park Point as well as six SURF SCOTERS. Karl Bardon had a flyover SMITH’S LONGSPUR at the Hawk Ridge main overlook on the 3rd.
Tony Hertzel and Peder Svingen saw a female-type HARLEQUIN DUCK on the 4th at Paradise Beach in Cook County, about 14 miles northeast of Grand Marais. Shawn Conrad found the bird on the same day, along with a female BLACK SCOTER. On the 4th Shawn also found a ROSS'S GOOSE at the Two Harbors golf course, an adult THAYER’S GULL at Knife River, a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER at the Beaver Bay sewage ponds, and another at the west end of Stoney Point Drive. Kim Eckert found two SURF SCOTERS on the 9th at Taconite Harbor in Cook County.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 16th.
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