Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *August 24, 2006 *MNDU0608.24-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 24, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 24th, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
An immature/female LARK BUNTING was found by Dave Grosshuesch on the 19th at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. It was seen on the lawn and rocks directly in front of the lighthouse. It could not be relocated later that evening, possible due to the heavy visitor traffic in the area.
Uwe Kausch found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on the 19th in Hermantown at the intersection of the Lavaque Road and the Hermantown Road.
Deb and Steve Falkowski found a juvenile RED-NECKED PHALAROPE on the 19th at the Embarrass rice paddies in northern St. Louis County. The bird was found in the fifth mudflat east of the iron bridge. It could not be relocated on the 21st, but Audrey Evers did find nine other shorebird species including two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS. Deb and Steve relocated one of them on the 22nd, along with 11 other shorebird species.
Tom Nelson found two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the 23rd in Grand Marais on the lawn near Artist's Point. Mike Hendrickson reports that many shorebirds continue to be found at the Morgan Park mudflats in west Duluth.
More than 1,860 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were counted on the 18th in about an hour and a half at Castle Danger in Lake County. I also have a second-hand report of more than 2,500 being counted in about an hour on the evening of the 20th in Duluth.
Dave Grosshuesch and others banded more than 240 songbirds at Hawk Ridge on the 22nd. Sixteen warbler species were banded, including a CONNECTICUT WARBLER and two BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS. Dave also continues to see migrating flocks of RED CROSSBILLS almost daily.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August 31st.
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