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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 2, 2003 *MNDU0310.02 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 2, 2003
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 728-5030
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for October 2nd, 2003, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Peder Svingen found a juvenile SABINE'S GULL in the vicinity of the airport at Park Point on the 1st. He also saw an unidentified jaeger. Over last weekend, as many as four Sabine's Gulls were seen around the Superior Entry. In addition, on the 28th, there was a HARLEQUIN DUCK, as well as a probable POMARINE JAEGER and an adult light-morph PARASITIC JAEGER at the Superior Entry. I also received a second-hand report of a juvenile GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 27th.
Mike Hendrickson found 1 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, 4 SURF SCOTERS, and 1 BLACK SCOTER on Lake Superior on the 30th. He also reported BONAPARTE'S GULLS, a late LEAST FLYCATCHER, and a NASHVILLE WARBLER. Today at Park Point Recreation Area, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and a dark, juvenile SNOW GOOSE were present.
On the 28th, Jim Lind found a juvenile RED-THROATED LOON off Artist's Point in Grand Marais. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen at the Cutface Creek Wayside east of Grand Marais on the 28th. Jim also found a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON near Burlington Bay in Two Harbors on the 29th, and a SMITH'S LONGSPUR by the historic trains near the waterfront. Today at least one Smith's Longspur was with a flock of about 100 LAPLAND LONGSPURS that have been around the open areas at the Duluth Rose Garden and the Plaza Shopping Center this week.
Kim Eckert reported 8 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS at 40th Ave W on the 28th. Gordy Martinson reported a BARRED OWL from the intersection of Oak and Maxwell this week. Josh Watson reported 6 TUNDRA SWANS from Four Mile Lake on the Sawbill Trail on the 28th.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 9th.
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.
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