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 4, 2009 *MNDU0906.04-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: June 4, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, June 4th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
An adult LITTLE GULL was found on the 4th by Lars Benson in the Duluth Harbor between the Blatnik Bridge and Interstate Island. Two POMARINE JAEGERS were reported by Jan and Larry Kraemer on the 3rd about a mile out from Park Point, halfway between the Superior entry and Canal Park. Several observers saw three RED KNOTS on the 1st at the Park Point Recreational Area, including one on the soccer fields and two on the beach out from the bath house. One was still present on the 4th. Peder Svingen saw WHIMBRELS on the 1st on the Sky Harbor Airport runway. Tim Bates saw six AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 29th on the Thomson Reservoir in Carlton County.
Kim Eckert and others saw a GREAT GRAY OWL in the Sax-Zim Bog on the 30th along the McDavitt Road (CR 213), 3.5 miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28), and possibly the same bird on the 2nd, 2.5 miles north of the Sax Road. His group also found a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO on the 4th along the Blue Spruce Road (CR 211), 0.6 mile north of CR 133. They found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 3rd along Lake County Road 2 at the Sand River.
Mike Steffes found seven BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS on the 29th in Cook County along the Superior Hiking Trail at Oberg Mountain. He also found four on the 31st west of Lake Agnes off the Caribou Trail (CR 4).
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 11th.
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