Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 24, 2008 *MNDU0810.24-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 24, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Friday, October 24th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A RED PHALAROPE was found on the 22nd by Shawn Zierman along the breakwater at Agate Bay in Two Harbors. A WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was seen the same day near the ore docks at Agate Bay, and was still present on the 23rd. Jan Green saw a ROSS'S GOOSE and a NORTHERN PINTAIL at the Two Harbors golf course on the 21st.
Mike Hendrickson saw a PACIFIC LOON on Lake Superior on the 19th out from Park Point at the Lafayette Square 31st Street access. Mike also saw a SURF SCOTER fly by the McQuade Road safe harbor northeast of Duluth.
Numbers of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS continue to build in northeast Minnesota, with a record high count of 744 tallied at Hawk Ridge on the 21st. The first COMMON REDPOLLS were reported from the Ridge on the 20th and the first PINE GROSBEAK was reported on the 16th.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 30th.
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