[mou] [rba] Duluth RBA 6/26/08

Jim Lind jslind at frontiernet.net
Thu Jun 26 21:36:59 CDT 2008


-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*June 26, 2008
*MNDU0806.26

-Birds mentioned
Red-throated Loon
Western Grebe
Great Gray Owl
Lewis's Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
White-winged Crossbill
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: June 26, 2008
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 26th, 2008
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Two RED-THROATED LOONS in alternate plumage were found on the 26th by
Peder Svingen at Park Point in Duluth. They were seen out from the
recreational area bath house on Lake Superior. Peder also saw a WESTERN
GREBE on the 22nd at 16th Street on Park Point.

Butch Ukura found a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 20th along MN Highway 73, 6.7
miles south of Hibbing. Jason Caddy relocated the BLACK-BACKED
WOODPECKERS along the McDavitt Road (CR 213) in the Sax-Zim Bog on the
22nd, and found another along the Blue Spruce Road less than a mile
north of CR 133.

Sparky Stensaas found a nesting pair of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS in
Carlton County on the 20th along the Ditchbank Road, 1.25 miles west of
the Mission Road (CR 25). He also found WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS at
several spots in the area.

The LEWIS'S WOODPECKER in the Billings Park neighborhood of Superior,
Wisconsin was last reported on the 24th along the St. Louis River at the
west end of 21st Street.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, July 3rd.

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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