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*June 7, 2001
*MNDU0106.07

-Birds mentioned

• Ross' Goose
• YELLOW RAIL
• Black-billed Cuckoo
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo
• Northern Hawk Owl
• Short-eared Owl
• Black-backed Woodpecker
• Boreal Chickadee
• Black-throated Blue Warbler
• Bay-breasted Warbler
• Connecticut Warbler
• Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
• White-winged Crossbill

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: June 7, 2001
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: Kim Eckert (kreckert@cp.duluth.mn.us)
Transcriber: Kim Eckert (kreckert@cp.duluth.mn.us)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, June 7, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Tom Nelson reported a SHORT-EARED OWL near Meadowlands on the 6th. The owl was hunting in a field northeast of the corner of County Road 740 and 29.

A visiting birder reported WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS and BOREAL CHICKADEES .7 mile west of the intersection of 133 and 53 in the Sax-Zim area.

The Gunflint Boreal Birding Festival was held last weekend. Highlights included a NORTHERN HAWK OWL nest, five BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS (at 1/4 mile north of Co 47 on the Gunflint, 1/3 mile north of Island Rd on the Gunflint, on Shoe Lake Road 2.3 miles from Greenwood Lake Road, and two birds were reported from a burn on the Lima Grade Road), 18 species of warblers, including BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (near the bridge on Co 46) and BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER.

Another NORTHERN HAWK OWL nest was reported from Cook County today, bringing the total number of active nests discovered this spring in northeastern Minnesota to four.

In Aitkin County this week, a group led by Kim Eckert had a number of good sightings, including YELLOW RAILS heard NE of Hwy 65 & Twp 101, which is 2 mi S of Hwy 210; they were not seen, however, since the water was too deep in the ditches which couldn't be crossed into the marsh; also note no parking is allowed on Twp 101; one SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Twp 380, 2.5 mi W of Co Rd 5; and another W of the jct of 65 & 101; a CONNECTICUT WARBLER on Co Rd 18, 1 mi W of Pietz's Rd; and NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW on Twp 101 just E of 65. The ROSS' GOOSE seen last week was not present on the 5th.

BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO s are abundant in northeastern Minnesota this summer. On the 5th, a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was on Aitkin Co 27 .5 mile S of the town of Lawler.

Unless something unusual is seen in the meantime which needs to be reported immediately, this Report is normally updated once a week on Thursdays, so that the next scheduled update will be on June 14. However, if reports are light, the next report may not be until June 21. The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 525-5952, and callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of each tape. Messages can also be left without having to wait for the report to end: to do this, after the tape starts playing push 5 on a touch-tone phone, the tape willstop, the tone will sound, and you can then leave your 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 of Natural History,10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455; or send an e-mail to ; or visit the MOU web site at .

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