-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *October 24, 2008 *MNDU0810.24 -Birds mentioned Ross's Goose Northern Pintail Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Pacific Loon Red Phalarope Pine Grosbeak White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: October 24, 2008 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for Friday, October 24th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A RED PHALAROPE was found on the 22nd by Shawn Zierman along the breakwater at Agate Bay in Two Harbors. A WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was seen the same day near the ore docks at Agate Bay, and was still present on the 23rd. Jan Green saw a ROSS'S GOOSE and a NORTHERN PINTAIL at the Two Harbors golf course on the 21st. Mike Hendrickson saw a PACIFIC LOON on Lake Superior on the 19th out from Park Point at the Lafayette Square 31st Street access. Mike also saw a SURF SCOTER fly by the McQuade Road safe harbor northeast of Duluth. Numbers of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS continue to build in northeast Minnesota, with a record high count of 744 tallied at Hawk Ridge on the 21st. The first COMMON REDPOLLS were reported from the Ridge on the 20th and the first PINE GROSBEAK was reported on the 16th. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, October 30th. 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/20081024/fd7c26a8/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ mou-rba mailing list mou-rba at moumn.org http://moumn.org/mailman/listinfo/mou-rba_moumn.org
