I was just about to write about my weekend sightings when Kim posted his so I will just add.
It was a very good weekend for migrants in Duluth and on the North Shore. Highlights include: -Great sparrow numbers with many White-crowned and Harris's seen on the North Shore as well as Lincoln's, many American Tree Sparrows and, FINALLY, some FOY Fox Sparrows for me in Cloquet. - Still the normal Yellow-rumped Warblers but also a Palm, Nashville, and a few Orange-crowned Warblers around. - A single American Pipet, single Horned Lark, and a single Dunlin at the picnic area along the shore at Gooseberry Falls. Interesting that Kim's group had a single Dunlin at Park Point. - I had White-winged Scoters at three locations: three at the beach house on Park Point, four at a location just southwest of Stoney Point, and a single at Stony Point. All of these birds were flying and easy to identify. - I saw the Red-necked Loon at Agate Bay as well as three Common Loons. - Two sets of Red-necked Grebe at Two Harbors and Stoney Point. - The pair of Black-bellied Plover and a medium-sized flocks of Lapland Longspurs at the ball fields on Park Point. - Northern Cardinal at Knife River. This is the furthest north I have seen this species in Minnesota. - Merlin, Rusty Blackbirds, and Winter Wren were also seen at various locations. There was a notable lack of raptors while out both days but Lake Superior seemed to be relatively active and one would probably do well to scan it thoroughly in the following days. Good Birding, Jason Caddy Minneapolis ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
