[mou] Duluth RBA 5/26/05

[Jim Lind]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 26th, sponsored by the Minnesota 
Ornithologists' Union.

Nine RED-THROATED LOONS were seen past the Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point 
on the 23rd by Sparky Stensaas, with 3 more seen at Wisconsin Point at the same time.  
Three PARASITIC JAEGERS were also seen out from the recreational area on Park 
Point on the 23rd, where two were reported on the 21st.  The WESTERN GREBE was 
still present on the 23rd in the same area.  Three SURF SCOTERS were relocated by 
Jan Green on the 23rd in the Duluth harbor near the rowing club near 36th Street on 
Park Point.  The ROSS'S GOOSE, ARCTIC TERN, BLACK SCOTER, WHITE-
WINGED SCOTER, MARBLED GODWITS, and GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL seen 
in Duluth over the weekend have not been reported this week.

Several NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS have been found recently, including one on the 
UMD campus at St. Marie Street and University Drive on the 24th, one on the west end 
of Stoney Point Drive and another at the Two Harbors lighthouse on the 23rd, and one 
at the scenic overlook over Boy Scout Landing in west Duluth on the 21st.

A flock of 24 LONG-TAILED DUCKS was seen on Lake Superior at the Grand Superior 
Lodge in Castle Danger on the 23rd.  A flock of 17 was also seen in Two Harbors at 
Burlington Bay on the 22nd.  A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen on Knife 
Island in Lake County on the 23rd. 

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 2nd.

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.