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 23, 2010 *MNDU1009.23-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 23, 2010
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 23rd, 2010 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
An immature SABINE'S GULL was found by Kim Eckert on the 20th on the bay side of Park Point near the rowing club. Karl Bardon also saw two juveniles and an adult SABINE'S GULL on the same day on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry, as well as a SURF SCOTER. Two PARASITIC JAEGERS, a RED-THROATED LOON, and three FRANKLIN'S GULLS were seen by Sparky Stensaas and others on the 22nd at Wisconsin Point. Mike Hendrickson and others saw an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 18th at Gull Bluff on Wisconsin Point.
A LARK SPARROW was seen at the Hawk Ridge main overlook from the 19th though the 21st. A ROSS'S GOOSE was seen at Hawk Ridge on the 22nd, as well as a HARRIS’S SPARROW and a FOX SPARROW. A SWAINSON’S HAWK was seen on the 19th near the mouth of the Lester River.
Butch Ukura saw a ROSS'S GOOSE at the Grand Marais campground on the 18th and 19th. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on the 21st at 3rd Street and South Avenue in Two Harbors.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 30th.
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