Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 8, 2009 *MNDU0910.08-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 8, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, October 8th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was found on the 4th by Peder Svingen and Cameron Rutt at the 40th Avenue West Erie Pier Area. It has been seen as recently as the 8th, and it is most often seen in the late afternoon at the northwestern corner of the impoundment. Peder also reported a SMITH'S LONGSPUR and a LE CONTE’S SPARROW on the 4th, and Don Keinholz saw a VESPER SPARROW on the 6th. Kim Eckert and others saw a SHORT-EARED OWL on the 8th at 40th, and Peder Svingen saw a NELSON’S SPARROW.
A female HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen on the 5th at 37th Street on the harbor side of Park Point. Dave and Lars Benson saw a PARASITIC JAEGER on the 6th on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry.
Cameron Rutt documented an impressive northeastward movement of 829 PURPLE FINCHES on the 4th near Lutsen, and another 757 on the 5th near Little Marais. Smaller numbers of other finch species were also seen heading in a northeasterly direction, including EVENING GROSBEAKS and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS. Dee Kuder found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 4th at the Vermilion River Gorge hiking trail west of Crane Lake in northern St. Louis County. She saw another Black-backed on the 5th along the Herriman Lake hiking trail.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 15th.
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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