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*June 10, 2010
*MNDU1006.10

• Yellow Rail
• Great Gray Owl
• Whip-poor-will

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: June 10, 2010
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for June 10th, 2010 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen by Steve Schon on the 9th along the Stoney River Forest Road, one mile north of the Whyte Road. Denny and Barb Martin relocated a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 5th along Aitkin County Road 18 just east of the Hebron Cemetery. They also heard several YELLOW RAILS at the McGregor Marsh and a WHIP-POOR-WILL a mile east of Palisade on CR 10. WHIP-POOR-WILLS are being heard regularly on the edge of Silver Bay in Lake County.

Ron Erpelding and Herb Dingmann saw a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 5th in Koochiching County on CR 13, a mile north of CR 77.

Unless something unusual is reported, the next scheduled update of this report will be in two weeks on Thursday, June 24th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.

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