[mou] Duluth RBA 5/18/08

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*May 18, 2008
*MNDU0805.18

-Birds mentioned
Greater White-fronted Goose
Long-tailed Duck
Ruddy Duck
Spruce Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Yellow Rail
Piping Plover
Willet
Whimbrel
Red Knot
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-headed Woodpecker
Northern Mockingbird
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-headed Blackbird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 18, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Sunday, May 18th, 2008 sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

This report is being updated to report on results from this weekend's
Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory Great Minnesota Birdathon. A tentative total
of 175 species were found on Saturday’s St. Louis County Big Day, with
additional species seen during other categories of county Big Days, Big
Sits, etc. The “Emberizids” team led by Dave Benson had the highest St.
Louis County total with 147 species found on Saturday.

In St. Louis County on the 17th a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was at
Interstate Island in the Duluth harbor; RUDDY DUCKS were at Indian Point
and at the Biwabik sewage ponds; SHARP-TAILED GROUSE were seen in the
Sax-Zim bog at the Arkola Road (CR 52) and CR 208; YELLOW RAILS were
along the Stone Lake Road in the Sax-Zim bog and at the Embarrass rice
paddies; a PIPING PLOVER was at Hearding Island; two WHIMBREL were on
the Park Point recreational area ball fields; a WILSON'S PHALAROPE was
at the Biwabik sewage ponds; a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen along the
North Tischer Road; and a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was seen at 62nd
Avenue East and Superior Street in Duluth.

Two RED KNOTS and a WILLET were also seen at Interstate Island on the
16th.

In Lake County on the 17th, six LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen at
Burlington Bay in Two Harbors. A SPRUCE GROUSE was seen along CR 2, two
miles north of the Sand River. Eight WILSON'S PHALAROPES were at the
Castle Danger sewage ponds and another was at the Beaver Bay sewage
ponds. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on the 300 block of 2nd Avenue
in Two Harbors. A YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen along Slate Drive in
Beaver Bay. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen on the 16th at the end of
the East Castle Danger Road.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 22nd.
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 mou at moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
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