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 13, 2010 *MNDU1005.13-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 13, 2010
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 13th, 2010 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A male WESTERN TANAGER was seen on the 10th in east Duluth at 3561 East Second Street, but it has not been seen since. Dave Benson saw an adult GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 11th at Park Point near the Sky Harbor Airport. Dave also saw 5 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and at least 1,100 COMMON TERNS at the same location. Peder Svingen saw a late ICELAND GULL on the 8th at Canal Park in Duluth. Kim Eckert saw a RED-THROATED LOON on the 13th at the Park Point Recreation Area, as well as a BLACK TERN.
Jan and Larry Kraemer found a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER on the 9th in the woods behind Cub Foods off Central Entrance in Duluth. Mike Hendrickson saw a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER on the 12th in west Duluth at 88th Street, on the east side of the Morgan Park middle school.
A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen on the 8th and the 10th along the 200 block of 2nd Avenue in Two Harbors. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on the same block on the 13th. Uwe Kaush saw a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in Duluth Township on the 8th on the Wildwood Road, 1 mile west of the Homestead Road (CR 42).
A GREAT GRAY OWL continues to be seen by several observers in Aitkin County along CR 18, between the Hebron Cemetery and Pietz's Road, and a SHORT-EARED OWL continues to be seen along CR 18, 1-2 miles east of US Highway 169. A NORTHERN HAWK OWL has been reported by several observers at the junction of CR 18 and US Highway 169.
Recent new arrivals in the area include VIRGINIA RAIL, FORSTER'S TERN, WHIP-POOR-WILL, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, SEDGE WREN, VEERY, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, HARRIS’S SPARROW, BOBOLINK, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 20th.
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