[mou] Duluth RBA 6/8/06

[David Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, June 8, 2006, sponsored 
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Larry Weber reported a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER on June 7th in Carlton 
County along Gillogly (sp?) Road, 1 mile North of Cty Rd 4.

Leo W. M. reported a SNOWY EGRET at 40th Ave West in Duluth on June 1st.

Kim Eckert reported CONNECTICUT WARBLERS singing at four different 
locations in the Sax-Zim area: along Stickney Rd, 0.5 north of Arkola; 
on Owl Ave 0.2 miles south of Overton; on Owl Ave, 1 mile south of 
Arkola; and on McDavitt, 2.5 miles north of Sax Rd. Farther to our 
west, Ben Wieland reported at least ten CONNECTICUT WARBLERS in Cass 
Cty, at multiple stops along Cty Rd 135 east of Cty Rd 63 and north of 
Boy River.

In Aitkin Cty, Kim found SHARP-TAILED GROUSE at Kestrel Ave, 0.5 mi 
south of MN Hwy 210 and Kestrel Ave, 2 miles N of 210. He also heard a 
YELLOW RAIL and NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS in the McGregor Marsh.

In Lake Cty, Kim found at least one singing BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER 
on the road into the back side of Tettegouche State Park, a RED 
CROSSBILL on the Langley River Rd 0.8 miles west of Cty Rd 2. Also, 
along St. Louis Cty Rd 16, a BOREAL CHICKADEE, 1.8 miles east of the 
jct with Cty Rd 110.

In Duluth, a PINE WARBLER  has been at Chester Park Way and 18th St, 
near Chester Bowl.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 15th.

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.