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 scoters
To supplement Mike's posting late this morning about Park Point in
Duluth, as of about 2:30 this afternoon, when Barb Akre and I left the
area, I'm aware of 22 warbler species seen today. (Of the 26 species
which occur regularly in Duluth, I did not hear of anyone seeing Cape
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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 les
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 s
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 Flyc
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 adult
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