-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 6, 2013 *MNDU1309.06 -Birds mentioned Greater White-fronted Goose Mississippi Kite Red Knot Buff-breasted Sandpiper Franklin's Gull Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: September 6, 2013 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind ([email protected]) This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 6th, 2013 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Single MISSISSIPPI KITES were found by Karl Bardon at Hawk Ridge in Duluth on September 4th and August 27th. Karl also saw a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE fly over Hawk Ridge on the 5th. Peder Svingen found a juvenile RED KNOT on the 3rd at the Park Point Recreation Area and a FRANKLIN'S GULL on the 1st. Erik Bruhnke saw three BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS at Park Point on the 5th. Karl and Peder found seven PARASITIC JAEGERS near the Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point on 30th. Smaller numbers of PARASITIC JAEGERS have been seen by many observers over the past few weeks at Park Point and at Wisconsin Point. Karl Bardon saw a LONG-TAILED JAEGER on the 5th and on August 30th at Wisconsin Point between Gull Bluff and parking lot #1. The next scheduled update of this report will be on September 12th. 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
