-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*October 28, 2010
*MNDU1010.28

-Birds mentioned
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Golden Eagle
California Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Parasitic Jaeger
Great Gray Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Townsend's Solitaire
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: October 28, 2010
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for October 28th, 2010 sponsored by
the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A CALIFORNIA GULL was seen by Mike Hendrickson on the 27th on the
Minnesota side of the Superior Entry. Mike also saw a PARASITIC JAEGER
on Wisconsin Point at the first parking lot. Kim Eckert saw a BLACK
SCOTER and four WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS on the 27th on Park Point at 12th
Street, and an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the Minnesota side of
the Superior Entry. Jeanne Tanamachi saw nine WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and
six BLACK SCOTERS on the 23rd at Stoney Point. Twenty-six GOLDEN EAGLES
were seen on the 28th at Hawk Ridge.

Seventeen BLACK SCOTERS, 14 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, seven SURF SCOTERS,
and three LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen on the 27th at Burlington Bay in
Two Harbors. Ben Stubbs saw three TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES on the 23rd at
Burlington Bay along 1st Street. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen on
the 27th at 4th Avenue and 2nd Street.

John Hockema and others saw three WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS on the 23rd in
Hovland, and four BLACK SCOTERS at Five Mile Rock east of Grand Marais.
Jerry Bonkoski saw a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 24th at Cascade
River State Park.

Nancy Jackson saw an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the 25th at
Fisherman's Point in Hoyt Lakes.

Warren Nelson and Bill Stauffer saw a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 24th in
Aitkin County along CR 18, 3.7 miles east of US Highway 169. Shawn
Conrad saw a BLACK SCOTER on the 23rd in Itasca County on Lake
Winnibigoshish at Plughat Point.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November
4th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858.
Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded
message.

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, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us
at [log in to unmask], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.