FALL DULUTH MBWEDNESDAYS SUMMARY
September 28 - October 5 - October 19, 2022
Composite Species List (97 species)
Snow Goose
Ross’s Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Mallard
American Black Duck
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruffed Grouse
Red-necked Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Killdeer
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Turkey Vulture
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Horned Lark
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Cedar Waxwing
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Eastern Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
American Pipit
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Fox Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Ovenbird
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Summer Tanager
Indigo Bunting
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Duluth MBWednesday – September 28
BIRD LIST (55 species)
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Black Duck (unexpected group of 12 at Park Point)
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruffed Grouse
Rock Pigeon
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (later than normal)
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Horned Lark
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Cedar Waxwing
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren (also later than normal)
Gray Catbird
European Starling
American Robin
American Pipit
American Goldfinch
Lapland Longspur
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Cape May Warbler (nice looks at Stony Point)
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
WEATHER
Clear, cool, calm, and about as pleasant as it gets in Duluth in late September! The light & variable winds were not conducive to migration, but we found birds (especially Yellow-rumped Warblers) at almost every stop.
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Duluth MBWednesday – October 5
BIRD LIST (63 species)
• S = St. Louis County only
• L = Lake County only
• species not annotated S or L = seen in both counties
Snow Goose L (juv blue-morph)
Ross’s Goose L (juv; could easily be a hybrid)
Cackling Goose L
Canada Goose
Surf Scoter L (3 fly-bys at Lighthouse Pt)
Red-breasted Merganser L
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Common Loon
Turkey Vulture L
Northern Harrier L
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Bald Eagle
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel S
Merlin
Yellow-throated Vireo S (at our secret Alseth Rd “hotspot”)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee S (at the secret hotspot)
Horned Lark
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Cedar Waxwing S
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
European Starling S
Eastern Bluebird L
Townsend’s Solitaire S (also at our secret spot)
Swainson’s Thrush L
Hermit Thrush L
American Robin
American Pipit
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Lapland Longspur L
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow S (just after we adjourned)
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow L
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird L
Rusty Blackbird S (several migrant flocks)
Ovenbird L
Tennessee Warbler L
Orange-crowned Warbler L
Common Yellowthroat L
American Redstart S
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (by the 100s?)
Indigo Bunting S (guess where!)
WEATHER
Despite the nice weather (it reached 70+ degrees in the afternoon), we saw a strong movement of migrants most of the day, with birds around at almost every stop (especially Yellow-rumpeds); usually SW winds are not conducive to much migration.
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Duluth MBWednesday – October 19
BIRD LIST (56 species)
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan (lone adult unexpectedly on the lake)
Mallard
American Black Duck
Redhead
Greater Scaup
White-winged Scoter (bayside of Park Point)
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-necked Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher (quite unexpected with a Pectoral at Two Harbors golf course)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Common Loon
Turkey Vulture
Golden Eagle (adult moving with vultures over McQuade Rd)
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Peregrine Falcon (Two Harbors ore docks)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Horned Lark
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
European Starling
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
American Pipit
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Summer Tanager (mostly obscured & brief views of female at Lighthouse Point)
WEATHER
A bit too windy and cold in the morning, but sunny all day and warming into the high 40s in the afternoon. NW winds resulted in a decent showing of hawks and other migrants.