-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *August 27, 2009 *MNDU0908.27 -Birds mentioned Red-necked Grebe Parasitic Jaeger White-winged Dove Common Nighthawk Black-billed Magpie Orchard Oriole -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: August 27, 2009 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind ([email protected]) This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 27th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was briefly seen on the 24th by Cameron Rutt at 54th Avenue East and Superior Street in Duluth. The bird flew to the southwest and has not been relocated. Jan Green saw a female ORCHARD ORIOLE on the 20th in Duluth Township on the Old North Shore Road (CR 290), about 0.4 mile east of the Homestead Road (CR 42). Peder Svingen saw an adult light morph PARASITIC JAEGER with a probable subadult bird at the Park Point Recreation Area on the 24th. The COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration peaked in Duluth this week with 10,379 counted on the 24th by Cameron Rutt and Josh Bednar at 60th Avenue East and Superior Street, and 13,154 counted on the 25th by Karl Bardon and others at Hawk Ridge. The total from the 25th represents the 4th highest single-day count in the state. Dee Kuder saw 60 RED-NECKED GREBES on the 22nd on Sand Point Lake in northern St. Louis County. Warren Nelson saw nineteen BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES in Aitkin County on the 26th along CR 15 near the town of Aitkin, about 3.5 miles west of Minnesota Avenue North and 4th Street N.W. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 3rd. 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 [email protected], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
