11/5/2007 While leading a Minnesota Birding Weekend trip today, we encountered a few migrant land birds along the Northshore of lake Superior and refound the previously reported Inca Dove in Two Harbors. There were a few Mergansers on Lake Superior and one Red-necked Grebe, but we were unable to find any Scoters or Long-tailed Ducks at a dozen stops along the lake. The Northwest winds did provide us with a few Hawks to study, including a Peregrine Falcon and a Merlin hunting in Two Harbors. Here are a few of the species we encountered during the day.
Rough-legged Hawk - Lake and Cook counties Merlin - Two Harbors Peregrine Falcon - Two Harbors Inca Dove - 10:00 am - 11:00 am - The bird was sitting in a Cedar tree, at the corner of 2nd Ave & 3rd St (304 2nd Ave.). Boreal Chickadee - Iona's Beach & Sugarloaf Cove - Individual birds were observed at both locations. Gray Catbird - Knife River marina. Bohemian Waxwing - 7 or 8 locations beginning at the Knife River. Harris's Sparrow - Two were observed at Iona's Beach. Snow Bunting - Large numbers of these continue to migrate along the lake and Highway 61, between Duluth and Grand Marais. Rusty Blackbird - Four were observed at Stoney Point. Pine Grosbeak - Several dozen were observed along the Harbor walk trail in Two Harbors and also in flight over Stoney Point. Common Redpoll - A small flock was observed at Sugarloaf Cove. Pine Siskin - Small flocks were seen in a number of locations along the drive to Grand Marais. Craig Mandel Minnetonka, MN EgretCMan at msn.com<mailto:EgretCMan at msn.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20071106/48981278/attachment.html
