-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 25, 2008 *MNDU0809.25 -Birds mentioned Ross's Goose Cackling Goose Great Egret Red-necked Phalarope Little Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger Rock Wren Vesper Sparrow -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: September 25, 2008 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, September 25th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A ROCK WREN was found by Shawn Conrad on the 25th at the Grand Marais municipal campground. It was seen on a large dirt pile near the yellow maintenance garages. At least three PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen on the weekend of the 20th at Wisconsin Point, as well as a SABINES'S GULL, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, and a juvenile FRANKLIN?S GULL. Al Schirmacher reported a LITTLE GULL on the 20th at the 12th Street access on Park Point. Jan Green reported an immature LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 21st at the parking lot on the north side of the Park Point recreational area. Kim Eckert found a VESPER SPARROW on the 23rd on the bay side of Park Point at 13th Street. A GREAT EGRET was reported over the weekend by several observers at the 40th Avenue West Erie Pier area in Duluth. Kim Eckert found a group of seven ROSS'S GEESE on the 14th at the Two Harbors golf course pond near the clubhouse at the 10th tee. Two CACKLING GEESE were also seen here, and another was seen on the 21st at the Two Harbors cemetery. A HARRIS?S SPARROW was seen on the 21st on 2nd Avenue in downtown Two Harbors. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 2nd. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at mou at moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080925/7330651d/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ mou-rba mailing list mou-rba at moumn.org http://moumn.org/mailman/listinfo/mou-rba_moumn.org
