[mou] Duluth RBA 5/1/08

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*May 1, 2008
*MNDU0805.01

-Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Dunlin
White-winged Dove
Short-eared Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Say's Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Marsh Wren
Townsend's Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Evening Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 1, 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, May 1st, 2008 sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A SAY'S PHOEBE was found by Lissa Grover and Harvey Sobieck on the 25th
along the breakwall at Artist’s Point in Grand Marais. It has not been
reported since the 25th. Bill Stjern found a SHORT-EARED OWL on the 27th
on the west side of the Grand Marais harbor. Another SHORT-EARED OWL was
seen on the 29th and 30th north of Two Harbors along CR 12, one mile
west of CR 2.

A least four RED-THROATED LOONS were found on the 29th by Kim Eckert and
Peder Svingen at Lafayette Square on Park Point. Mike Hendrickson saw
three the following day near the bath house at the Park Point recreation
area. On the 29th Peder counted 3,416 GREATER SCAUP from Park Point, as
well as nearly 4,000 distant unidentified SCAUP and 117 COMMON LOONS.
Nine LONG-TAILED DUCKS were still present in Two Harbors on the 28th at
Burlington Bay.

Cold temperatures, rain and snow appeared to trigger reverse migration
for several species along the North Shore on the 26th and 27th. Many
observers reported large numbers of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, TREE
SWALLOWS, HERMIT THRUSHES, and both species of YELLOWLEGS flying
southwest along the lakeshore. PINE WARBLERS are relatively rare
migrants in northeast Minnesota but single birds were seen at bird
feeders at many locations, including Two Harbors on the 26th, Duluth and
Knife River on the 27th, and Tower on the 28th. Many flocks of RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS were also seen over the weekend, including at least 250 in
one yard in Two Harbors on the 26th. Peder Svingen found a total of 274
HERMIT THRUSH and 192 FOX SPARROWS on the 27th at several spots in
Duluth, as well as a VESPER SPARROW near the Park Point rowing club.

Sally Stout found a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE at Stoney Point on the 27th at
1313 Stoney Point Drive. Shawn Zierman briefly had a RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER in his yard in Morgan Park in west Duluth on the 25th, as
well as a small flock of EVENING GROSBEAKS. Jan Green reported small
numbers of EVENING GROSBEAKS in Duluth Township on the 29th near the
south end of the Homestead Road (CR 42).

Five TRUMPETER SWANS were seen at Gooseberry State Park on the 29th. A
MARSH WREN was seen on the 29th at the Flood Bay wayside rest northeast
of Two Harbors.

A ROSS'S GOOSE was found by Deb Falkowski on the 25th at the Mesabi
Range College ball fields in Virginia, and the bird was still present on
the 28th. Earl Orf found a WILLET in Itasca County on the 1st along CR
10 just south of the Trout Lake Community Center.

The WHITE-WINGED DOVE at a private residence near Lutsen, Cook County
was last seen on the 22nd.

Recent new arrivals in the area include BARN SWALLOW, CLIFF SWALLOW,
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, PALM WARBLER and CHIPPING SPARROW on the 26th,
DUNLIN and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on the 27th, SOLITARY SANDPIPER and
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER on the 29th, LINCOLN'S SPARROW on the 30th, and
BONAPARTE’S GULLS on the 1st.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 8th.

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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