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 12, 2011 *MNDU1105.12-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 12, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for May 12th, 2011 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A HARLEQUIN DUCK was found by Jan Kraemer on the 11th at Brighton Beach in east Duluth. Peder Svingen found two RED-THROATED LOONS on the 12th on Lake Superior at the Park Point recreation area. Peder relocated the immature GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the Minnesota side of Wisconsin Point on the 7th. He saw a THAYER'S GULL and two GLAUCOUS GULLS there on the 11th.
A SUMMER TANAGER was seen on the 12th at a private residence in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth, and another was photographed during the past week near the UMD campus. Frank Berdan found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on the 9th along Scenic Highway 61 about 0.25 mile west of the McQuade Road, and Don Kienholz found one on the 11th at Leif Erikson Park in Duluth.
Jan Green saw an EASTERN TOWHEE on the 12th along the Old North Shore Road in Duluth Township, and she saw a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER there earlier in the week. A YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen on the 12th on the 300 block of 2nd Avenue in Two Harbors.
New arrivals in the area during the past week include GREEN HERON, COMMON TERN, WHIP-POOR-WILL, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, CHIMNEY SWIFT, LEAST FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, BANK SWALLOW, CLIFF SWALLOW, HOUSE WREN, VEERY, WOOD THRUSH, TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, WILSON'S WARBLER, SCARLET TANAGER, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, HARRIS’S SPARROW, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 19th.
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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