[rba] Duluth RBA 6/5/08

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*June 5, 2008
*MNDU0806.05

-Birds mentioned
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Rough-legged Hawk
Yellow Rail
Red Knot
Great Gray Owl
Black-backed Woodpecker
Boreal Chickadee
Northern Mockingbird
Connecticut Warbler
Lark Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: June 5, 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 5th, 2008 sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Three RED KNOTS were seen by several observers on the 1st on the bay
side of Park Point, between the recreational area soccer fields and the
Sky Harbor Airport. Al and Nathan Schirmacher found a NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD at the recreational area soccer fields on the 31st. Charlie
Greenman and others saw a LARK SPARROW on the 31st at the parking lot of
Bayfront Festival Park.

A GREAT GRAY OWL was relocated by Kim Eckert and others in the Sax-Zim
Bog on the 5th along the McDavitt Road (CR 213), 2.8 miles north of the
Sax Road (CR 28). Kim's group also found BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS along
the McDavitt Road, 2.4 and 2.8 miles north of the Sax Road, as well as
three singing CONNECTICUT WARBLERS. They saw SHARP-TAILED GROUSE at the
intersection of the Arkola Road (CR 52) and CR 208 and along CR 7 a mile
south of the Sax Road, and a late ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK along the Sax Road,
0.25 mile west of CR 7. In Lake County, Kim’s group found a BLACK-BACKED
WOODPECKER along CR 2, 100 yards north of the Sand River, and a BOREAL
CHICKADEE along the Langley River Road, 0.6 mile west of CR 2 at the
railroad tracks.

The GREAT GRAY OWL along Aitkin County Road 18 was relocated by the
Minnesota Birding Weekends group on the 31st at the intersection of
Pietz's Road (320th Place). Terry Brashear located what was possibly the
same bird on the 1st about a half mile west of here on CR 18. At least
four YELLOW RAILS were heard on the 31st in the McGregor Marsh on the
east side of MN Highway 65 near mile marker 116, 0.6 mile south of MN
Hwy 210. NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS were also heard in the same
area.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 12th.

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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