Hello everyone, Here's my Park Point/Canal Park sightings from recently. It's so nice to be back in lovely Duluth, and being up at Hawk Ridge makes the area even that much more spectacular! Hawk weekend is Sept 11th-13th at Hawk Ridge. Be sure to stop on by if you're in the area then :)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Location: Park Point--Dune Bridge near airport Observation date: 9/4/09 Number of species: 12 Canada Goose 40 Mallard 1 Common Loon 2 American White Pelican 11 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Semipalmated Plover 2 Sanderling 5 Ring-billed Gull 30 Common Nighthawk 2 American Crow 2 Cedar Waxwing 15 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Location: Park Point--Dune Bridge near airport Observation date: 9/5/09 (this morning before work) Number of species: 23 Mallard 2 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Bald Eagle 1 Semipalmated Plover 2 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Ring-billed Gull 40 Mourning Dove 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 Palm Warbler 1 American Redstart 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 Chipping Sparrow 6 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 2 American Goldfinch 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Location: Duluth--Canal Park Observation date: 9/5/09 (this morning before work) Number of species: 6 Mallard 5 Double-crested Cormorant 6 Peregrine Falcon 1 Ring-billed Gull 45 Herring Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 25 Although I have the day off tomorrow, I'm planning on helping the hawk counters up at the ridge. Since last fall, I've found the feeling that it's hard to get enough hawk ridge in the fall. Time sure flies when you're having fun! Yesterday I got to see my first true kettles of hawks since last fall, and boy what a blast it is to see raptors moving through in large numbers. Good birdwatching, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN [email protected] www.pbase.com/birdfedr ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
