[mou] Duluth RBA 5/10/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*May 10, 2007
*MNDU0705.10

-Birds mentioned
Black Scoter
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Green Heron
American Avocet
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Wilson's Phalarope
Caspian Tern
Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-headed Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Cliff Swallow
Sedge Wren
Veery
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Golden-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Vesper Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Bobolink
Yellow-headed Blackbird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 10, 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, May 10th, 2007 sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

An AMERICAN AVOCET was found by Dave and Sarah Grosshuesch on the 7th at
Hearding Island off Park Point in Duluth. Mike Hendrickson found a
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD and 14 WILLETS on the 7th at Hearding Island.
Mike also found WILSON'S PHALAROPE and MARBLED GODWIT on the 7th at the
Morgan Park mud flats in west Duluth.

Audrey Evers found two WILSON'S PHALAROPES on the 8th at the Embarrass
rice paddies along with SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, SEDGE WRENS and LE CONTE’S
SPARROW. Earl Orf found two WILLETS on the 4th in the town of Coleraine
at the Trout Lake boat launch. Three WILLETS were seen on the 7th at
Flood Bay, a mile northeast of Two Harbors.

Peder Svingen found a female BLACK SCOTER on the 9th on the lakeside of
Park Point near the Sky Harbor Airport, and two RUDDY TURNSTONES near
the bus turnaround. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found by Matt Etterson
today in Duluth along the Vermilion Road 0.5 mile north of the entrance
to Park Hill Cemetery.

Mike Hendrickson found eight displaying SHARP-TAILED GROUSE on the 8th
in the Sax-Zim Bog along CR 29, about a mile north of CR 133.
WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard on the 7th on Cook County and on the 8th in
St. Louis County at Normanna Township and at Duluth Township.

Other recent spring arrivals in the area include SOLITARY SANDPIPER on
the 4th, NORTHERN ORIOLE on the 5th, SANDERLING, CASPIAN TERN, EASTERN
KINGBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, OVENBIRD, HARRIS'S SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on the 7th, FORSTER’S TERN,
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, LEAST FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, CLIFF
SWALLOW, AMERICAN PIPIT, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and BREWER’S BLACKBIRD
on the 8th, GREEN HERON, CHIMNEY SWIFT, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, VESPER
SPARROW and BOBOLINK on the 9th, and VEERY, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER and
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH on the 10th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 17th.

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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