Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *June 12, 2008 *MNDU0806.12-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: June 12, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, June 12th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A WESTERN GREBE was found by Sparky Stensaas on the 8th on Lake Superior at the Park Point recreation area bath house. Sparky also found a flock of eight RED-THROATED LOONS on the lake at the Lafayette Square access. On the same day, Peder Svingen saw nine RED-THROATED LOONS along Park Point between Lafayette Square and the Sky Harbor Airport. Peder also saw an EARED GREBE on the 8th on the lake at 22nd Street. Two RED KNOTS were relocated by Mike Hendrickson and Peder on the 6th on the lake side of Park Point near the Sky Harbor Airport. Peder saw two FRANKLIN'S GULLS at the same location on the 6th, and one was relocated on the 8th at Interstate Island.
Larry and Jan Kraemer saw a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER on the 7th at the intersection of Stoney Point Drive and the Alseth Road. Larry saw five BLACK TERNS and two AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 8th on the St. Louis River at Spirit Lake in western Duluth.
Jan Green saw a RED-THROATED LOON on Lake Superior in Cook County on the 5th and the 9th at Taconite Harbor.
A GREAT GRAY OWL was relocated by Audrey Evers and Nancy Jackson in the Sax-Zim Bog on the 10th along the McDavitt Road (CR 213), 2.5 miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28).
Kim Eckert and others found two or three YELLOW RAILS on the 9th in Aitkin County at the McGregor Marsh. The birds were calling on the east side of MN Highway 65, 1.0 mile south of MN Hwy 210. NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS were also heard in the same area. Kim’s group also found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER along the Hedbom Forest Road, 2.4 miles west of the eastern gate. Warren Nelson saw a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON on the 7th along the Pietz’s Road, 1.2 miles north of CR 18.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 17th.
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