[mou-net] Mass migration event, Duluth

2015-09-01 Thread Karl Bardon
Despite the hot and humid weather in Duluth recently, especially today with a high temperature of 84 degrees, there was a mass migration event that stunned the counters at Hawk Ridge beginning at sunrise and continuing throughout the day. The total of 91,667 migrating non-raptors represents one of

[mou-net] mass migration event, Duluth-Superior, 12 April

2015-04-16 Thread Karl Bardon
This is a belated report since I thought it had sent on Sunday ... There was a mass migration event along the Duluth-Superior lakeshore on Sunday April 12th, including 34,000 American Robins, plus smaller numbers of Rusty Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Pine Siskins, Purple Finches, and Northern

[mou-net] mass migration event, Duluth, 29 September 2013

2013-09-29 Thread Karl Bardon
For the second time this season, a mass migration event overwhelmed the counters at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory this morning, with 17,548 non-raptors counted from our two count sites at the apt near the mouth of the Lester River, and the Hawk Ridge main overlook. A massive river of birds flowed