Besides the continuing presence of the Cassin's Kingbird in Grand Marais and yesterday's discovery of the Yellow-breasted Chat in Duluth (nice find, Tim!), there were several other birds of note along the North Shore seen by the Minn Birding Weekends group this weekend (Nov 3-4), which I don't think have been posted in the last few days. Some of these include species found by others in previous days:
- 2 Gr White-fronted, imm Ross's/hybrid, and Cackling geese still present at Bayfront Park in Duluth (if not on the lawn by the stage, look in the weedy field just to the W of the park) - White-winged Scoters at Paradise Beach, Lutsen Sea Villas, and Burlington Bay in Two Harbors (also Long-tailed Ducks at various locations) - Golden Eagle migrating over Taconite Harbor - Red-bellied Woodpecker still present in Grand Marais (seen today at 6th Ave W and 3rd St) - Black-backed Woodpecker near the E end of Brighton Beach in Duluth - Mountain Bluebird still present in Two Harbors (look along the hiking trail E of the Edna G or the parallel gravel road going E to 3rd St) - Townsend's Solitaire ~ΒΌ mile from the W end of the Croftville Rd (just E of Grand Marais) - N Mockingbird still present in Grand Marais (usually within a block or so of3rd Ave E and 2nd St) - Bohemian Waxwings in mostly small groups in Grand Marais - late Com Yellowthroat at the pond by the former MN DOT garage E of Silver Bay - Hoary Redpolls at 2 locations: 2 along the E breakwater at Grand Marais, and 1 at Lutsen Sea Villas On the down side, we found no Surf or Black scoters, no Thayer's or other uncommon gulls, no Boreal Chickadees, very few sparrows, just a couple of Pine Grosbeaks, and surprisingly no Red or White-winged crossbills. There were several other birders along the North Shore this weekend, including Mike Hendrickson's group, and perhaps they can add to the list above with other species of note which we did not see. -Kim Kim R Eckert ecker...@gmail.com 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
