Explore Minnesota Birding Report Update October 11, 2013
There are a few openings left for the Jackson County Minnesota Birding Weekend offered Oct. 19 & 20. Productive Jackson County sites such as Heron Lake and the many wetlands and woodlands near the Iowa border will be toured as birders search for a wide array of migrants, including Black-headed Gulls and Great-tailed Grackles. Learn more about this and other upcoming Minnesota Birding Weekends taking place throughout the state.
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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:
An Arctic Tern was seen briefly on Lake Superior on Sept. 28 on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry of Park Point in Duluth. Bruce Fall found a Pacific Loon on the 29th near the Sky Harbor Airport of Park Point, and a Red-Throated Loon was seen here on Oct. 6.
A female Scarlet Tanager was at the General Mills Research Nature Area in Hennepin County on Oct. 8, and another was near Knife River in Lake County on the 6th.
Bohemian Waxwings were in western Wright County on Oct. 10, and Pete Makousky found a Spotted Towhee at Springbrook Nature Center in Fridley, Anoka County, on the 4th. There have also been recent reports of Surf Scoter, Long-Tailed Duck, Thayer's Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull, and American Pipit.
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.
