Bart Anderson saw a Townsend's Solitaire on the 27th at Good Harbor
Bay, four miles southwest of Grand Marais. Bart also reported a
Smith's Longspur on the 26th at the Lutsen sewage ponds, and a male
Harlequin Duck at Agate Bay in Two Harbors on the 24th.
Jim Lind
I spent some time yesterday and today hiking, birding, and camping along the
North Shore with my family. The 2 days turned up 71 species with several
highlights:
- Snow Goose (2), Ross's Goose (1), Cackling Goose (several) - Two Harbors golf
course yesterday, also Cackling Geese (3) at the M
This weekend, Nov 3-4, the Minn Birding Weekends group observed several
species of interest between Duluth and Grand Marais, In addition to the
Inca Dove in Two Harbors, the highlights were:
- only 2 scoter individuals: 1 Surf Scoter in Grand Marais harbor and 1
Black Scoter in Hovland
- Long-t
Beautiful, sunny days for birding along the North Shore, Duluth to Gooseberry.
Saw 39 species with these highlights:
numerous DARK-EYED JUNCOS, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, both WHITE- and RED-
BREASTED NUTHATCHES, RED-TAILED HAWKS, and BALD EAGLES along route
1 male, two female PINE GROSBEAKS - Con
enjoy the updates, but
am having trouble with my filter on the email site I use, and so I get them
directly into my inbox, which I do not want.
Thank you.
From: solum11 at msn.comTo: mou-...@moumn.orgdate: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:26:51
-0500Subject: [mou] North Shore Birding past weekend
W
We just got back from birding the North Shore from Duluth to Ely to Grand
Marais since Friday and had the following...
At the Two Harbors lighthouse
2 BOREAL CHICKADEES
1 RUBY CROWNED KINGLET
18 EVENING GROSBEAK flew by
1 PINE GROSBEAK
1 GRAY JAY
4 PINE SISKIN
10 ROBIN
ALL along our way on e
John Hockema has been faithfully keeping my idiotic goal alive, of trying to
add at least one bird to each of my 87 Minnesota County lists. Nervous about
adding to my already semirespectable totals in Lake and Cook, we decided to
head north for a 3-day extravaganza along the shore. My persona
Went birding in Duluth this AM. Had Surf Scoters in the Harbor off the
airport. Had a single White-Winged Scoter (juvenile) at Good Harbor Bay
and a single Black Scoter (female or juvenile) at the North end of the
Five Mile Rock area, north of Grand Marais. There was a single Sandhill
Crane cir
My Dad and I had a great time up on the north shore. We started out with Park
Point but nothing much there. So we headed to Wisconsin Point. There we found
Pomarine And Parasitic Jaegers. Also had a good mix of shorebirds including
Black-Bellied,American Golden Plovers,Ruddy Turnstone,and Sander
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MOU members,
We are planning a trip to Lutsen this weekend. Has anyone seen =
Three-toed or Black-backed wo
in addition to other North Shore reports posted by Dave Benson, Dedrick
Benz, and Mike Hendrickson, here are some additional sightings, most of
these from the 26 participants on the so-called annual Muffin Trip. In
all yesterday, Oct 28, the group had a composite total of 91 species,
with a few
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Highlights of the Northshore-LeConte's Sparrow at Flood Bay, a late
juvenile y.b. sapsucker at the Two Harbors lig
I took a break from homework and visited the north shore this weekend with my
parents. We saw around sixty species, with the following being our better
finds -
10/21
RED-NECKED GREBE - Five Mile Rock
CACKLING GOOSE - Two Harbors Golf Course
SNOW GOOSE - Two Harbors Golf Course (a few blue morph
Chris Benson and Mike Hendrickson called regarding the following
species of interest along the North Shore of Lake Superior:
Ross's Goose -- two immatures still present at Two Harbors Golf Course
as of 10/20;
Long-tailed Duck -- one near Rowing Club on harbor side of Park Point
10/21;
White-wing
Yesterday Sharon and I birded the North Shore from Two Harbors to
Grand Marais with Dave and Sarah Grosshuesch. We found a Red-bellied
Woodpecker on the west side of Beaver Bay, in the small neighborhood
south of Highway 61. It was near the junction of Slater Drive and
Ruth Street. There was
Though the birding has been generally very slow in NE Minn this fall,
even through last Friday the 28th, things seemed to improve
considerably over the weekend along the North Shore, with a few
rarities and increased numbers of individuals of more expected birds.
The group on our annual so-call
Anthony Hertzel and I recorded 78 species along the North Shore
yesterday on the "Ides of October." We subsequently received a report
of an adult male Harlequin Duck at the mouth of the Cross River near
Schroeder in Cook County--one of the few places we did not stop between
Hovland and Duluth.
My family and I took a one-day trip along the North Shore
yesterday (Friday, October 29). Our better sightings
included-
HORNED GREBE - 1 at Park Point
GREATER SCAUP - Park Point
SURF SCOTER - 1 at Paradise Beach
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER - 3 at Grand Marais, 8 at Paradise Beach
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 at
Sorry for the late post, but I birded up the North Shore on Saturday
and saw a few things. At dawn there was one Short-eared Owl over
Lake Superior at Good Harbor Bay, and another came in off the lake at
the Grand Marais campground about 15 minutes later. Sharon was at
Split Rock State Park a
Bob Russell reports that yesterday Bill Howe of New Mexico saw a
gray-phase GYRFALCON at the mouth of the Knife River in Lake County.
Bob found a winter-plumage LARK BUNTING at the southwest corner of the
Gooseberry Falls Visitor Center parking lot. The bunting did not appear
to be hanging arou
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Shawn Conrad and I birded the North Shore today from Two Harbors to =
Duluth.
At the Two Harbors golf course we
Sharon and I birded along the North Shore today from Stoney Point up
to Silver Bay and found a few interesting things:
Cackling Goose - 1 at mouth of Knife River
Bonaparte's Gull - 2 at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 28 counted throughout the day
Boreal Chickadee - 1 nea
I spent all yesterday birding the north shore. I was particularly looking
for the Iceland Gull in Two Harbors. As I was driving up I found a few rafts
of Red-breasted Mergansers on the lake. When I arrived in Knife River I
noticed a few Gulls flying around, so I went down to the marina. There ou
The HARLEQUIN DUCKS were again at French River and at Agate Bay in Two
Harbors. The bird in Two Harbors has significantly more white on the
front patch than the bird at French River.
Three first-winter GLAUCOUS GULLS and one first-winter RING-BILLED GULL
were among the 30 or so HERRING GULLS at
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My mind and hands did not work together as they should. We saw 3
Sunday,
I headed up to Duluth & the North Shore birding with Rick Schroeder.
Visability at times was muted by the fog, but birding
was rewarding. Birds seen included:
White-winged Scoter (7 on the harbor at the bus turn out on Park Point; 1 under
the docks at the marina at Knife River
Black
Rich Peet and I headed north to see what we could see, (or hear), as we
were out to record calls of birds not found around the cities. Duluth
was our destination until we found winds from the south and the harbor
covered in deep fog. We zipped right up to Stony Point, where there were
only a few
I birded the North Shore today from Two Harbors to Grand Marais and
had the following birds:
A Townsend's Solitaire at the Lutsen Sea Villas, near the condos on
west side. This spot and Grand Marais seemed to be the only places
with an abundance of Mountain Ash berries (both places had a few
Spent the last two days birding the north shore with Kim Eckert. Migration
was not real hot but we did find a few birds.
Red-throated Loon-Good Harbor Bay, winter plumage
White-winged Crossbills-Grand Portage State Park
Black-backed Woodpecker-Grand Portage State Park
Black Scoter-Hoveland, 2 bir
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We were thinking about birding the Two Harbors - Grand Marais area this weekend
for the first time.
Would anyone be willing to share some "must see" stops? What is being seen in
the area lately?
Any input would be a
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