Extensive searching throughout the day by multiple parties failed to refind the White-winged Dove at the 40th Ave West/Erie Pier area in Duluth, including an unsuccessful search by yours truly between 8:30 and 9:30 AM, but at 5:35 PM this afternoon (Thursday, 8 October) the dove was seen in flight by Barb and Denny Martin and myself. We watched it fly into a stand of aspen and willows bordering a small pond at the northwest corner of the impoundment, and a few minutes later we found it perched just above eye level near the trunk of a 3 inch dbh aspen. The bird was still in this location when we left at 6:00 PM. Other noteworthy sightings at the 40th Ave West/Erie Pier area today include a Short-eared Owl found by Kim Eckert and the Martins, and a stunning adult Nelson's Sparrow that flushed from a grassy area on the west side of the impoundment and perched in full sun, where I admired it for two minutes early this morning. Thirteen species of Emberizids were seen at this location today, and a 14th species -- Chipping Sparrow -- was found at Park Point. No one reported Le Conte's Sparrow or Smith's Longspur, both of which were seen here 10/4/2009. Below is a composite list of the highest count for each species seen at the 40th Ave West/Erie Pier area today. Peder Svingen Duluth, MN Begin forwarded message: > From: [log in to unmask] > Date: October 8, 2009 7:34:21 PM CDT > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: eBird Report - Duluth--40th Ave West / Erie Pier , 10/8/09 > > > Location: Duluth--40th Ave West / Erie Pier > Observation date: 10/8/09 > Number of species: 41 > > Snow Goose 1 Immature white morph. > Cackling Goose 15 > Canada Goose 63 > Mallard 63 > Blue-winged Teal 2 > Northern Pintail 5 > Green-winged Teal 5 > Great Blue Heron 1 > Turkey Vulture 1 > Merlin 2 > Peregrine Falcon 1 > peep sp. 1 > Pectoral Sandpiper 2 > Wilson's Snipe 1 > Ring-billed Gull 1 > Herring Gull 2 > Rock Pigeon 2 > White-winged Dove 1 > Belted Kingfisher 1 > American Crow 9 > Horned Lark 103 > Tree Swallow 1 > swallow sp. 1 > Black-capped Chickadee 3 > American Pipit 2 > Yellow-rumped Warbler 38 > Palm Warbler 6 > Clay-colored Sparrow 2 > Vesper Sparrow 1 > Savannah Sparrow 4 > Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 1 > Fox Sparrow 5 > Song Sparrow 28 > Lincoln's Sparrow 8 > Swamp Sparrow 18 > White-throated Sparrow 18 > Harris's Sparrow 2 > White-crowned Sparrow 46 > Dark-eyed Junco 1 > Lapland Longspur 350 > Red-winged Blackbird 7 > Rusty Blackbird 2 > American Goldfinch 2 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html