A Minn Birding Weekends group birded the North Shore from Two Harbors
to the Silver Bay area today, 24 September, and found a few things of
note. The highlights were a lone Red-necked Phalarope at the Castle
Danger sewage ponds (any phalarope in NE Minn is unusual), and 2-3
unusually early Bohemian Waxwings in Beaver Bay (Slater Dr, between
Hwy 61 and the lake).
Also noteworthy were:
- a small flock of Cackling Geese near the Castle Danger sewage ponds
- an early Tundra Swan at the same sewage ponds; there were also 5-6
distant, unidentified swans which flew by
- at least 20 Merlins hunting at various locations (none appeared to
be migrating); 3 Peregrine Falcons also seen, 2 of these at Castle
Danger
- literally hundreds of American Pipits migrating along the N Shore;
also lesser numbers of Horned Larks and Lapland Longspurs (most of
these at Castle Danger)
- a late Yellow Warbler at Iona's Beach SNA
- dozens of migrating Savannah Sparrows, many of these
uncharacteristically in wooded areas; curiously, hardly any other
sparrows seen
Kim R Eckert
[email protected]
MBWbirds.com
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