Explore Minnesota Birding Report Update September 6, 2013
Many bird species have begun their migration south, including raptors, shorebirds and Minnesota nesting species. A Fall Bird Tour will be held Saturday, September 7 at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge in Zimmerman, offer birders a chance to view migrant raptors, waterfowl, warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and other species. Learn more about this and other events at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve, located in Duluth, provides some of North America's best autumn hawk watching. Naturalist staff and volunteers are on site daily from September 1–October 31. And don't miss the Hawk Ridge Weekend Festival 2013 held September 20-22, and celebrate the migration with a variety of field trips, workshops, interpretive programs, live bird demonstrations, vendors, and socials. Participants may see hundreds, even thousands, of birds flying overhead!
Information in this report has been provided courtesy of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union and their affiliates. This report is brought to you by ExploreMinnesota.com.
The following is a list of recent, significant sightings:
On August 27th and again on September 4th, Karl Bardon identified a Mississippi Kite at Hawk Ridge in Duluth. Both birds were seen from the main overlook area.
A juvenile Red Knot was at Park Point in Duluth on September 3rd. And on the 30th, Karl Bardon and Peder Svingen found seven Parasitic Jaegers at Park Point near the Sky Harbor airport. This included four light adults, two light subadults, and one dark subadult.
On August 30th, Mike Henry had a Carolina Wren in his back yard on Plummer Circle in Rochester, Olmsted County. On September 1st, Stephen Moore found a pair of Carolina Wrens at camp site #W37 of Beaver Creek Valley State Park in Houston County.
Migrants continue to trickle through and there are new reports of Piping Plover, Caspian Tern, Blue-Headed Vireo, Connecticut Warbler, Magnollia Warbler, and Yellow-Rumped Warbler.
Information in this statewide birding report is provided by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU), Minnesota's oldest and largest bird club. View photographs of recent sightings at the MOU website. To submit a bird sighting, email the MOU birding report compiler at rba@moumn.org.
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