This morning from 7:30am until I left for work at 11:30am, I birded the
length of Park Point. One of my favorite moments was finding an adult female
LONG-TAILED DUCK. Boy are they pretty (one of my favorite ducks)! I just
love the unique-ness of them. Also, I had 2 White-winged Scoters on the west
Park Pt?sightings:
- 300+ Common Goldeneyes and I was not able to relocate the Barrow's Goldeneye.
The last sighting was on Nov. 8th by Peder Svingen and Chris Edwardson on
33rd?St. on the bayside of Park Pt.
-2 Surf Scoters near the entrance to Park Pt.
-2 White-winged Scoters?out from the
Highlights:
3 Red-throated Loons at Lafayette Square viewing platform.??(2) first winter
adult?loons and 1 transitional loon with some red?smudges still present on the
throat.
-White-winged Scoter, Surf Scoter and?Black Scoter all?seen?in the bay.??The
best spots are some of the viewing areas
This morning I did some birding at Park Point before work. Highlights
inlcude:
Black Scoter - 1
Northern Harrier - adult male... at Hawk Ridge we call them 'Gray Ghosts'
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Scaup
Mallard
Common Loon - 1
I also had two small gulls on the blurry horizon. I was unable to
Yesterday morning throughout Park Point (sunrise to about 9:15am), I was
unable to re-locate the Arctic Loon. I did see my first BUFFLEHEAD (an adult
male) of the fall. While at work at Hawk Ridge yesterday, I had my first
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW and HARRIS'S SPARROW this fall. Amongst the many
Contrary to the posting by Mike Hendrickson, the sale of land on Park
Point is not a done deal. Several of us are working with the City to
try and come up with an alternative. Rather than spreading false
information, it would be helpful if birders who are concerned about the
land sale either
: [mou] Park Point land sale
Contrary to the posting by Mike Hendrickson, the sale of land on Park
Point is not a done deal.? Several of us are working with the City to
try and come up with an alternative.? Rather than spreading false
information, it would be helpful if birders who are concerned
Late this afternoon, between 4:30 pm and dusk, several birds of note
were found by the Minn Birding Weekends (MBW) group on the Lake
Superior side of the Park Point Recreation Area in Duluth:
- Surf Scoter: 1 ad male and 1 female/juvenile
- Long-tailed Duck: 1 female/juvenile with the
Many of you are aware that the Duluth City Council has proposed selling Park
Point land to raise money for the City. Park Point is a significantly
important area for birds. More information about this issue can be found in
the article at this link--
http://72.14.205.104/
...@brainerd.net
To: mou-net at moumn.org
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 7:35:43 AM
Subject: [mou] Park Point--from the MOU Conservation Committee
Many of you are aware that the Duluth City Council has proposed selling Park
Point land to raise money for the City.? Park Point is a significantly
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- Original Message
From: Ken Pam Perry pkperry at brainerd.net
To: mou-net at moumn.org
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 7:35:43 AM
Subject: [mou] Park Point--from the MOU Conservation Committee
Many of you are aware that the Duluth City Council has proposed selling Park
Point
Among other birds Mike Resch or I encountered at Park Point:
Western Grebe PM 9-11 nearer WI side than MN side, seen in the harbor
between Sky Harbor Airport parking lot and a large yellow warehouse in WI
Mike called me this morning 9-12 to report a *Western Wood-Pewee* in the
vegetation by the
Documentation shots of up to three of the birds from shore, and two at a
time through the scope, in almost-identifiable quality here. The first shot
is the scene and you can see what Peder and I had to work with as far as
distance and conditions.
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A Barrow's Goldeneye and Arctic Tern (among other birds of note) were
found this afternoon at Park Point in Duluth.
The goldeneye was a male in eclipse plumage, or possibly in
transition to winter/breeding plumage, and identified primarily by its
smaller/stubbier bill and more vertical or less
I was at the Park Point Rec. Area from 12:00 - 2:30pm and saw a few good birds.
The weather is ugly with strong gusty NNE winds at 25-30mph and constant light
rain to moderate rain. Tomorrow's boat trip is still on!! as the weather
system moves on to the east. It wll still be good for
Additional sightings at the Recreation Area today included six
Black-bellied Plovers and a first-cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull
working the beach between the bathhouse and the airport between 11:55
AM and 12:25 PM. Not including junco or longspurs, I was able to find
10 species of sparrow this
Hello All,
Yesterday afternoon Cindy and I were getting our shots and meds at the Duluth
travel clinic for an upcoming trip to South Africa and had a few hours at Park
Point near the end of the day. Like Kim Mike we had a great deal of fun with
the numbers of warblers we encountered and a
Park Point had a slight fog and a little mist which made for a lot of migrant
warblers grounded feeding on all the trees and bushes along the point. I saw
19 species of warblers and if I include the Ovenbird that was in my garage I
saw 20 species for the day.
Here is a summary of the
After running into Mike Hendrickson at Park Point around 1:00 today, I
continued birding until 4:00 between Southworth Marsh and the old bath
house at the Recreation Area. Combining his species with the additional
ones I saw, there was a composite total of 24 warbler species in all.
Of the 26
I was lured into making a day for Park Point today. I missed out on several
of the rarities, but had good luck anyway. I found 70 species, with these
highlights:
Piping Plover (lifer!), Green-winged Teal, several Dunlins on the flats at
40th Street
Ruddy Duck, Merlin, Green Heron around
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Alternate - plumage drake Black Scoter loafing with Gr. Scaup and Redhead off
of Lafayette Square 3:30 pm.
Two Red-throated Loons out from the Recreation area morning and afternoon.
Western Kingbird on the beach at the recreation area 2:00 pm.
Couldn't relocate the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.
8
In addition to the Red-throated Loons (7), Parasitic Jaeger (adult
light-morph), Little Gull (adult), and Arctic Tern (adult photographed
on the beach) all seen on the L Superior side of Park Point between
12th and 18th Streets (posted for me by Sharon Lind earlier), and the
Scissor-tailed
Three hours of lake watching produced the following birds of interest
today (Saturday, 7 October):
8 Surf Scoters in one flock;
3 Red-throated Loons seen together with 4 Common Loons nearby;
1 jaeger sp., observed between 10:55 and 11:15 AM, probably a juvenile
Pomarine based on pale rump patch
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Lafayette Square is becoming quite a birdy place! I was scanning the =
lake today with Jim lind and Mark
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I was scanning the lake at the Lafayette Square viewing platform from =
12-2:30pm and relocated some of the
To follow up on Mike Hendrickson's posting earlier this afternoon: As
of the time I left the 31st St / Lafayette Square observation site
(4:15 pm), Jim Mattsson, Doug Kieser and I had several (~8?) more
jaeger sightings. Most were too distant to safely ID: i.e., either
juveniles or darker
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Wow Steve Irwin Crocodile Hunter died while swimming along the north =
coast of Australia. I heard the news
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Very strong east winds today on Lake Superior.
10 Bonaparte's Gulls
4 Black Terns
15 Sanderlings
2
Hello,
I moved to Duluth from Syracuse NY in February and birded Park Point in
Duluth for the first time this morning. What a great morning it was. I saw
11 species of warblers. They were swarming in the trees and bushes amidst
the fog and light rain. It reminded me of visiting Pt. Pelee on
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I went out looking for the little Gull and Sabines gull reported by =
Peder Svingen and failed in refinding
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