-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *September 24, 2015 *MNDU1509.24 -Birds mentioned Mississippi Kite Broad-winged Hawk Buff-breasted Sandpiper Parasitic Jaeger Franklin's Gull California Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Spotted Towhee -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: September 24, 2015 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jsl...@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for September 24th, 2015 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A juvenile MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen by Karl Bardon and others at Hawk Ridge on the 21st, and a record high count of 278 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS was tallied on the 22nd. The peak BROAD-WINGED HAWK flight occurred on the 19th with a total of 16,815. Clinton Neinhaus and others saw three BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the 18th near the Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point, and two were still present on the 21st. A first-cycle FRANKLIN'S GULL continues to be reported from around the Duluth-Superior harbor, most recently on the 24th at the Park Point ball fields. A CALIFORNIA GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, and PARASITIC JAEGERS continue to be reported from the first parking lot on Wisconsin Point. Peder Svingen saw a PARASITIC JAEGER and three unidentified JAEGERS on the 24th on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry. A female SPOTTED TOWHEE was found by Jim Lind on the 24th in Two Harbors on the east side of the parking lot behind the Lake View Clinic, two blocks north of the Holiday station. An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on the 18th at Knife River on the large concrete crib in Lake Superior out from the mouth of the Knife River. The next scheduled update of this report will be on October 1st. This report is compiled from MOU-net postings, local eBird checklists, various Facebook group pages (some of which may require joining), and personal contacts. Please follow the links below for the most up-to-date information: MOU-net: http://www.mail-archive.com/mou-net@lists.umn.edu/maillist.html eBird: http://ebird.org/ebird/places Facebook group pages: Minnesota Ornithologists Union: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moumn.group/ Minnesota Birding: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mnbirding/ Minnesota Rare Bird Alert: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1570731239835376/ Northeast Minnesota Birding: https://www.facebook.com/groups/177159692431348/ Sax-Zim Bog: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saxzimbog/ Duluth Phenology: https://www.facebook.com/groups/duluthphenology/ Information about bird sightings may be sent to the Duluth Rare Bird Alert at duluth...@moumn.org 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, write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at m...@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
