[mou] Duluth RBA 6/2/05

[Jim Lind]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, June 2nd, sponsored 
by the
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A female AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was seen on May 28th on the
Stoney River Forest Road, 0.5 mile south of the Stoney Loop Road (FR
103).  Two GREAT GRAY OWLS were also seen in the area, one at the
junction of MN Highway 1 and the Stoney River Forest Road, and one on 
east
side or the Stoney Loop Road, a mile south of Highway 1.

Chet Myers and Keith Olstad heard 8 YELLOW RAILS at the McGregor 
Marsh on
May 31st, along Highway 65 between Highway 200 and the Soo Line 
Trail.

Janet Riegle reported a WILLET, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, DUNLINS,
SANDERLINGS, and RUDDY TURNSTONES from Park Point on May 31st. 
RED-THROATED LOONS were last reported at Park Point on the 27th, when
Scott Wolff and Doug Kieser saw at least seven between 42nd Street 
and the
Sky Harbor Airport.  Doug also relocated a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER on the
harbor side of the airport, and he found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD near 
the
ballfields.  Another NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was found by Dave Carman on 
the
27th on the northeast shore of Boulder Lake, accessible only by boat.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on the 31st along Lake County Road 
3, 1.5
miles north of Highway 61.  Jan Green reported an UPLAND SANDPIPER in 
Lake
County on the 28th at the Highway Department ponds along Highway 61, 
0.5
mile south of the Baptism River.  Jan also reported a MARSH WREN at 
the
Embarrass ponds in northern St. Louis County on the 31st.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 
9th.

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 to
mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.