Mike Hendrickson and I saw the two Red Knots at about 4:00 PM today on the bay side of the Park Point Recreation Area (thanks, Shawn) and then walked to the lakeside beach, where we found a third Red Knot standing side by side with an American Golden-Plover -- both birds were wearing full nuptial plumage. We saw several other shorebird species in the area, including a flyby Black-bellied Plover, and about a dozen Dunlin and a late Least Sandpiper. Earlier today, I saw three Black-bellied Plovers and two Willets at 40th Ave West, and four Ruddy Turnstones at Interstate Island, for a total of 12 species of shorebirds in Duluth 5/29.
Also at Interstate Island early this morning was a Franklin's Gull -- this species is a rare migrant at Duluth. Several observers saw up to four Red-throated Loons and the alternate- plumaged Pacific Loon on Lake Superior today, at various locations between the 12th Street public access and the Beach House at the Recreation Area on Park Point. -- Peder H. Svingen Duluth, MN On May 29, 2008, at 2:19 PM, SCmzd at aol.com wrote: > This morning was really great at Minnesota Point in Duluth, MN. For > me, the Red Knot has been a kind of "holy grail" bird for some time > now. I've longed to see one but was always a day late and so > on.....Well at last, through the persistence of time and a blessing > from the God above, I observed two beautiful red knots at Minnesota > Point. The birds foraged on the bay side shoreline in between the > airport and the soccer fields for some time this morning. Truly > special:) If you like red knots, and you better!, I will post a > picture of one of the birds in the showcase section of MOU. There > were many birders who observed the red knots. There were also > several other cool species at the point today, but for me, it was > all about the knots. > Happy Birding, Shawn Zierman. > > --- > This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' > Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at > http://moumn.org/subscribe.html > . > ----- > To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request at moumn.org with > a subject of unsubscribe. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080529/6d5eaae8/attachment.html
