[mou] Duluth RBA 6/14/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*June 14, 2007
*MNDU0706.14

-Birds mentioned
Sharp-tailed Grouse
American White Pelican
Yellow Rail
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Franklin's Gull
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Loggerhead Shrike
Philadelphia Vireo
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red Crossbill
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: June 14, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, June 14th, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was found by Scott Barnes in the Sax-Zim bog on the
11th. It was north of Meadowlands in the fields along CR 29, about a
mile north of CR 133. Scott also saw a pair of SANDHILL CRANES in the
same area, as well as a flock of 20 RED CROSSBILLS about a mile south of
the northern end of the McDavitt Road (CR 213).

Peder Svingen found an adult FRANKLIN'S GULL on the 12th at Hearding
Island off Park Point in Duluth. He also found seven shorebird species
between Park Point and 40th Avenue West, including WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. On the 11th he found two AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS
at Interstate Island, a female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at the Park Point
recreational area, and a late migrant SWAINSON’S THRUSH at Southworth
Marsh. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen in Hartley Park on the 11th,
just south of Fairmont Street.

Kim Eckert and others saw three AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS fly over the
Grand Marais harbor over the weekend. The group also found easily
accessible BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS along the Moose Viewing Trail,
about 100 yards from the trailhead. This trail is on the west side of
the Gunflint Trail (CR 12), about a mile north of the North Brule River.
They also found PHILADELPHIA VIREO near the parking lot at
Crosby-Manitou State Park northeast of Finland. Mike Steffes reported
six BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS on the 14th at Oberg Mountain and nine
at Moose Mountain in Cook County.

Warren Nelson and others found several species of note in Aitkin County
over the weekend of the 9th. They found two YELLOW RAILS and a NELSON'S
SHARP-TAILED SPARROW at the McGregor Marsh along MN Highway 65, midway
between MN Highway 210 and the ditch that cuts through the marsh. They
had SHARP-TAILED GROUSE at the junction of CR 18 and CR 5, and two
CONNECTICUT WARBLERS along the Pietz's Road about 200 yards north of CR
18. They found several CAPE MAY WARBLERS at the Rabey tree farm between
Hill City and Jacobson, near milepost 186 of MN Highway 200. Six UPLAND
SANDPIPERS were also present at the Aitkin airport.

A WHOOPER SWAN was reported from the Superior harbor on the 10th behind
the McDonald's restaurant on the east end of town. It has not been
relocated since and it is not known if it is a released or escaped bird.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 21st.
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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