Duluth RBA
Duluth RBA
Duluth RBA
|
Previous reports: September
5
12
19
25
, October
3
10
17
24
31
.
Other Hotlines: Minnesota Statewide | Detroit Lakes
-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *November 7, 2002 *MNDU0211.07 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 7, 2002
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 7th, 2002, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
On the 31st, Jim Lind saw a PACIFIC LOON at Two Harbors. The bird was still present in Burlington Bay at least through the 3rd. Jim also reported a BOREAL CHICKADEE near the junction of Lake Cty Rd 2 and Hwy 1, and a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE near Isabella on the 3rd.
The first COMMON REDPOLL of the season was at Alison Clarke's feeder in Duluth on the 1st; she also spotted a late NASHVILLE WARBLER on the 3rd.
Peder Svingen reported all three species of SCOTERS over the weekend at Paradise Beach (northeast of Grand Marais), as well as LONG-TAILED DUCKS there and at 5-mile rock. Also, a MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD a mile-and-a-half east of Castle Danger.
Lars Benson spotted 13 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 4th in the Duluth harbor. There was at least one PEREGRINE FALCON in the Port Terminal on the 6th.
The next scheduled update of this report will be Thursday, November 14th.
The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 728-5030, and callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of each tape.
The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455; or send an e-mail to mou@cbs.umn.edu; or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.
