[mou] Duluth RBA 5/22/08

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*May 22, 2008
*MNDU0805.22

-Birds mentioned
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Trumpeter Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Yellow Rail
Black-bellied Plover
Piping Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-headed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Boreal Chickadee
Northern Mockingbird
Black-throated Blue Warbler
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 22, 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 22nd, 2008 sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A BRANT was found by Lars Benson at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth on
the 19th, and it has been seen every day through the 22nd. It is most
often seen in the lawn in front of the concert stage, as well as in the
harbor behind the stage.

Sparky Stensaas found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER and two BOREAL
CHICKADEES in the Sax-Zim Bog on the 19th along the McDavitt Road (CR
213), 2.1 to 2.3 miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28). Jan and John Green
saw three HUDSONIAN GODWITS and three UPLAND SANDPIPERS on the 19th at
the Arkola Road (CR 52) and CR 208. SHARP-TAILED GROUSE were also seen
at this location on the 17th. YELLOW RAILS were found along the Stone
Lake Road on the 17th, as well as at the Embarrass rice paddies.

A PIPING PLOVER was seen by several observers on the 17th at Hearding
Island off Park Point. Mike Hendrickson found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
along on Clyde Avenue in the Smithville neighborhood of western Duluth
on the 22nd, about a block from Grand Avenue. Alan Loken saw three
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, four WILSON'S PHALAROPES, and a GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE on the 19th at 40th Avenue West.

Five WHIMBRELS were seen on the 21st at the boat channel entrance at the
Knife River marina. Six LONG-TAILED DUCKS were found at Burlington Bay
in Two Harbors on the 17th and two were still present on the 21st. A
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen as recently as the 21st on the 300 block
of 2nd Avenue in Two Harbors. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was reported on the
16th at the east end of the East Castle Danger Road. Peg Robertson saw
and heard a flock of ten TRUMPETER SWANS overhead in Silver Bay on the
19th.

Several BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS were heard on the 22nd at the top
of Oberg Mountain in Cook County. Kim Eckert had a migrant
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER about 100 yards east of the entrance to
Chester Bowl along East Skyline Parkway in Duluth.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 29th.

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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