This is the Duluth Birding Report for Wednesday, September 29th, 2004,=20= sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists=92 Union.
An ARCTIC TERN was seen on Lake Superior on the 26th and 27th off=20 Minnesota and Wisconsin Points. A SABINE=92S GULL and a LITTLE GULL were seen by a number of observers=20= over Lake Superior on the 26th. On the 24th observers at Wisconsin=20 Point in Superior reported a PACIFIC LOON, a WESTERN GREBE, a FORSTER=92S=20= TERN, and 2 juvenile SABINE=92S GULLS. On the 23rd, another PARASITIC=20 JAEGER was seen there. The loon was still present on the 27th, along=20 with two more jaegers. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at Minnesota Point over the weekend, and=20 yesterday Peder Svingen saw two Short-eared Owls over Lake Superior,=20 again from Minnesota Point. Deb Buria-Falkowski reported a juvenile RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at the=20 north (back) pool at the Biwabik Sewage pond on the 27th. Suzanne=20 Gucciardo found a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER on the East Bay in Grand=20 Marais on the 25th. On the 25th, Jim and Sharon Lind found a CACKLING GOOSE at the mouth of=20= the Knife River, 2 BONAPARTE=92S GULLS at Burlington Bay, a BOREAL=20 CHICKADEE near the mouth of the Knife, and 14 sparrow species,=20 including 2 VESPER SPARROWS at the west end of 2nd Ave in Two Harbors,=20= 1 LE CONTE=92S SPARROW east of Emily=92s in Knife River and 2 more south = of=20 the Americinn east of Silver Bay. Several observers reported small flocks of HARRIS=92 SPARROWS in Duluth=20= and along the North Shore this week. At Stoney Point, Jan Green found a=20= BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 25th and a BOREAL CHICKADEE on the 26th. And finally, to correct last week=92s report, there was no Great=20 Black-backed BULL seen, although it is not the first time bull has=20 appeared in this report. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October=20 7th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-728-5030.=20 Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded=20 message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota=20 Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more=20 information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum to=20 [email protected], or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.=
