The Minn Birding Weekend trip (September 1-2-3-4) turned up a few birds of note in NW Minn, although the birding was generally slow much of the time. We primarily covered parts of Lake of the Woods, Roseau, and Marshall counties…
- Cackling Goose: 3 early migrants Sept 3 at Greenbush sewage ponds, Roseau Co - Gray Partridge: flock of 12 along Roseau CR 3 on Sept 3, just E of Roseau River WMA headquarters - Spruce Grouse: male on Sept 1 in Lake of the Woods Co, on the Pitt Grade Forest Rd, 3.6 mi N of Stony Corners Forest Rd - Total of 17 shorebird species (a bit less than average for this MBW), including Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, both dowitchers, and Red-necked Phalarope; the best sites were the Warroad and Greenbush sewage ponds (Roseau Co), and the mudflats just E of Headquarters Pool at Agassiz NWR (Marshall Co) - Peregrine Falcon: juv female on Sept 4 at Headquarters Pool, Agassiz NWR - Migrant passerines: no significant waves found; 15 warbler species total (below average for this MBW) - LeConte’s Sparrow: 2 on Sept 3, at the jct of 410th Ave and 350th St (Roseau Co) - Red Crossbill: flock of 10 just N of downtown Roseau on Sept 3; recording made of a calling Type 3 individual Kim Eckert, Duluth http://www.mbwbirds.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
