[mou] Duluth RBA 6/16/05

[Jim Lind]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, June 16th, sponsored 
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

On June 12th, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen in a yard off the East 
Castle Danger Road east of Two Harbors.  Bill Tefft also spotted a 
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on June 15th actively working the edge of the 
softball fields on the south side of the town of Ely.

On June 10th and again on June 11th, a PACIFIC LOON was seen among 
the docks at Barker's Island, which is probably the same individual 
seen near the Superior Entry on the 4th.

On June 9th, a RED-NECKED GREBE was seen near the shoreline of Lake 
Superior at the Five Mile Rock sign east of Grand Marais.  On that 
same afternoon, a WHIMBREL was spotted on the lakeside of the east 
breakwater at the Grand Marais harbor.

On June 11th, a pair of GREAT EGRETS was spotted by Jan Green flying 
over Leech Lake at the Forest Service Stony Point campground.

On June 15th, a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen on the Echo Trail in 
northern St. Louis County, =BD mile west of Lake Jeanette.  A 
CONNECTICUT WARBLER was also seen on the Echo Trail at Lake Jeanette 
on the 16th.

Warren Nelson and Bill Stauffer found an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER on June 
10th east of Aitkin.  From the intersection of Highways 47 and 169 on 
the south side of Aitkin, take Highway 47 for 1 mile to C.R. 12, then 
take C.R. 12 north for about 100 yards to 355th Street.  Follow 355th 
Street for 1.3 miles to 360th Street and then follow 360th Street for 
2.9 miles.  The bird was seen near the creek on the north side of the 
road.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 
23rd.

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.