Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *May 29, 2008 *MNDU0805.29-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 29, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 28th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The BRANT found at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth on the 19th has not been seen since the 27th, despite several observers searching for it. Two RED KNOTS were reported by Shawn Zierman on the 29th on the bay side of Park Point, between the recreational area soccer fields and the Sky Harbor Airport. Sparky Stensaas had a RED KNOT at the 40th Avenue West Erie Pier area on the 24th. Connie Brunell and Susan Schumacher found an adult PACIFIC LOON on the 27th on Lake Superior out from the bath house at the recreational area. They also reported two WHIMBRELS on the soccer fields.
Kim Eckert saw at least eight RED-THROATED LOONS on the 27th between the Lafayette Square access and the recreational area. Doug Kieser and others saw two unidentified JAEGERS on the 24th over Lake Superior at the Sky Harbor Airport. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw a male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 28th behind the wooden play ship at the recreational area.
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still present at 40th Avenue West on the 28th, as well as two WILLETS. Chris Benson saw a DICKCISSEL along the eastern side of the impoundment on the 25th.
Sparky Stensaas found a GREAT GRAY OWL in the Sax Zim Bog on the 27th along the Arkola Road (CR52), 0.4 miles east of Owl Avenue (CR 203). On the 23rd he saw two GREAT GRAY OWLS along the Stickney Road (CR 207) 1.2 and 1.3 miles north of the Arkola Road, and both birds were relocated on the 24th. He also saw three BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS on the 23rd, with two along the McDavitt Road (CR 213), 2.7 miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28) and one along the Admiral Road (CR 788), 3.9 miles north of the Sax Road. He reported a lek of eight SHARP-TAILED GROUSE at CR 208 and the Arkola Road.
Early on the morning of the 28th, Connie Brunell and Susan Schumacher heard 27 YELLOW RAILS along MN Highway 65 at the McGregor Marsh in Aitkin County. The birds where heard on both sides of the road between 0.3 and 1.3 miles south of MN Highway 210. They also heard eight NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, mostly along the west side of Highway 65. Warren Nelson and Bill Stauffer found a GREAT GRAY OWL on the weekend of the 24th along CR 18, 4.8 miles east of US Highway 169, or 0.3 mile east of the Hebron Cemetery. Connie and Susan saw what may have been the same bird on the 28th, 2.7 miles east of Highway 169.
Cold and drizzly weather on the 26th appeared to trigger a “fallout” of passerines in Duluth and along the North Shore. Ben Yokel and others saw 25 species of warblers at Park Point, including two CONNECTICUT WARBLERS and four BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS. Jim Lind saw 22 warbler species at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors, including a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. Carol Tveekrem had a male ORCHARD ORIOLE at her feeders on the 26th in Schroeder, Cook County.
Dedrick Benz and others found a LARK SPARROW at the Castle Danger sewage ponds on the 27th, as well as a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. They found a NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW on the 25th at the Knife River marina.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 5th.
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