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 10, 2013 *MNDU1305.10-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 10, 2013
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for May 10th, 2013 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A PAINTED BUNTING was reported on the 9th and 10th at the home of Chuck and Connie Petterson along Aitkin County Road 5, 0.6 mile north of MN Highway 47.
Mike Hendrickson, Jan and Larry Kraemer, and Peder Svingen counted an amazing record high count of 355 RED-THROATED LOONS at Park Point on the evening of the 8th, after counts of 287 by the same group of birders on the 7th, and a count of 288 by Karl Bardon on the morning of the 8th. Jan, Larry and Peder found an EARED GREBE and a PACIFIC LOON on the 6th at the 12th Street access on Park Point. A female BLACK SCOTER was reported by JG Bennett at the Park Point Recreation Area boat launch and Terry Wiens saw a flock of 10 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at the 12th Street access on the 5th. Andy Nyhus saw a 3rd-cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 7th at Hearding Island along Park Point. The NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD near the Park Point rowing club was relocated on the 7th.
Denny and Barb Martin saw nine LONG-TAILED DUCKS, a SURF SCOTER, two BLACK SCOTERS, and 1 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER on the 10th at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors. At Flood Bay, 1 mile east of Two Harbors they also saw a WESTERN GREBE. Shawn Zierman photographed an EARED GREBE on the 5th at Flood Bay, and Gary Leeper photographed a flock of ten WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS there on the 5th. A male MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was photographed on the 6th at the Two Harbors cemetery, but it has not been seen since.
AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS are being seen in good numbers in Duluth and along the North Shore, with a flock of about 165 over the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth and a flock of 24 over Castle Danger in Lake County on the 4th. Jan and Larry Kraemer saw a flock of 120 over the Miller Hill Mall area on the 6th.
Recent spring arrivals in the past week include AMERICAN BITTERN, COMMON TERN, FORSTER’S TERN, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, EASTERN KINGBIRD, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BARN SWALLOW, HOUSE WREN, OVENBIRD, NASHVILLE WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and BOBOLINK.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 16th.
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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