Explore Minnesota Birding Report Update September 19, 2013
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. Don't miss the Hawk Ridge Weekend Festival 2013 held September 20-22. Participants may see hundreds, even thousands, of birds flying overhead! Celebrate the migration with a variety of field trips, workshops, interpretive programs, live bird demonstrations, vendors, socials, and refreshments at the Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve main overlook.
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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:
There have been very few reports during the past two weeks, and what has been reported consists of mostly common fall migrants. There was a belated reported of a Prairie Falcon seen on September 7th at the Felton Prairie in Clay County. No specific location was given, but it was apparently east of the pond that is located east of County Road 108.
Karl Bardon reports that multiple Parasitic Jaegers can still be seen on Lake Superior in Duluth, primarily between the Park Point Recreation Area and Wisconsin Point.
An adult Lesser Black-Backed Gull was found by Eric Collins on the 14th at Lafayette Square of Park Point. Other reports of southbound migrants include Ross's Goose, Greater White-Fronted Goose, Sanderling, Lapland Longspur, Palm Warbler, Harris's Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, White-Crowned Sparrow, and Rusty Blackbird.
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.
