Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 7, 2006 *MNDU0609.07-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: September 7, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, September 7th, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A juvenile POMARINE JAEGER was found at Park Point by Peder Svingen on the 6th out from the Sky Harbor Airport on Lake Superior. It was seen at about 5:30 in the afternoon as it flew towards Wisconsin Point. Peder saw what was probably the same individual on the 4th at the same location, but much farther out on the lake.
Mike Hendrickson found HORNED GREBES and COMMON TERNS at Park Point on the 4th. A CASPIAN TERN, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER were seen at the recreational area on the 5th.
Dedrick Benz saw a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors on the 6th. He also saw LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER at the wetland behind the beach at the Flood Bay wayside rest a mile northeast of Two Harbors. Today at the Indian Point campground in west Duluth, he found a male BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER.
Large numbers of migrating thrushes have been seen in the area over the past week. Six thrush species were banded at Hawk Ridge in Duluth on the 2nd, including WOOD THRUSH and GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen at the Hawk Ridge pine plantation on the 4th, and one has been seen near the banding station off and on for the past couple of weeks.
Dennis and Barb Martin birded Koochiching County on the 1st and found a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER and a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER in a cut-over area along CR 13, 9.6 miles north of US Highway 71. They also found BOREAL CHICKADEES 7.9 and 11.5 miles north of US Hwy 71.
Warren Nelson found 33 GREAT EGRETS on the 6th at the rice paddies north of Aitkin along CR 1, as well as AMERICAN BITTERN, GREEN HERON, SANDHILL CRANE, SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL, and several shorebirds. Warren also had 15-20 SORA respond to playback at the Moose Willow WMA just south of Hill City.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 14th.
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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