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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *June 5, 1997 *MNDU9706.05 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota Duluth/North Shore
Date: June 5, 1997
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: Kim Eckert
Transcriber: Sr. Pam Kern pkern@css1.css.edu, SRPAMKERN@aol.com
Re-transcriber: David Cahlander (dac@skypoint.com)
This is the Duluth birding report for Thursday, June 5, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
This tape was updated last Monday to report on a second ARCTIC TERN in Duluth, a different individual than the one seen last week at the Park Point Recreation Area. This one was an adult in full breeding plumage found by Peder Svingen at the 40th Avenue West water impoundment on the afternoon of June 2 and it was relocated there the next morning, but by the afternoon of the third it had disappeared and there have been no further reports of it.
A few other birds of note have also been seen since last Saturday's Hawk Ridge Bird-A-Thon and St. Louis County big day. On June 1, a few RED-THROATED LOONS were still being seen on Lake Superior out from various locations on Park Point and another RED-THROATED LOON was spotted June 2 from Canal Park near downtown Duluth. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen by Terry Wiens on June 1 along the Lester River Road about a half mile north of Strand Road. A lone RUDDY DUCK was at the 40th Avenue West area on both the first and second. And on the second Jim Williams of the Twin Cities spotted an adult light morph PARASITIC JAEGER at the Superior entry which is the channel separating the south end of Park Point from the north end of Wisconsin Point.
Also seen since the May 31 Hawk Ridge Bird-A-Thon was yet another GREAT GRAY OWL in the Sax-Zim Bog area northwest of Duluth. This one was along St. Louis County Road 133 two miles east of Meadowlands. Five other GREAT GRAYS had been found in the Sax-Zim Bog area last Saturday: on County Road 213 two miles west and 3.3 miles north of Sax; on County Road 7 one-and-a-half miles north of Sax; on County Road 52 three-and-a-quarter miles east of Toivola or one- and-a-half miles west of County Road 203 (which is also called Owl Avenue); on Owl Avenue two miles south of County Road 52 (note that Owl Avenue turns south off of 52); four-and-a-half miles east of Toivola or five-and-a-half miles west of County Road 7 and on County Road 8 about seven miles east of Floodwood. Other birds of note in Sax-Zim on the 31st which still may be present were: a YELLOW RAIL heard calling along County Road 319 or Stone Lake Road 1.5 miles south and 1.7 miles east of Zim; a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on Owl Avenue a half mile south of County Road 52, two SHARP-TAILED GROUSE in the leks just southwest of the intersection of County Roads 52 and 208 which is two-and-a-half miles west of County 7. A quite unexpected ROSS' GOOSE at the Meadowlands sewage ponds which are located along county road 227 a quarter mile south of town. Plus the usual YELLOW-BELLIED-FLYCATCHERS, BOREAL CHICKADEES, CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, and LE CONTE'S SPARROWS found at various locations.
And finally Warren Nelson of Aitkin reports that YELLOW RAILS are present at two location in Aitkin County west of Duluth most of these are at their traditional marsh south of McGregor along Minnesota Highway 65, especially two miles south of town. And at least one YELLOW RAIL has been heard along Pietz's Road, which turns north off of Aitkin County 18 two miles west of County Road 5 or four miles east of US Highway 169. Warren has also found at least one SHARP-TAILED SPARROW on the west side of Highway 55 one mile south of McGregor but seriously, he knows of no GREAT GRAY OWLS being seen in that county since April.
Since I'll be out of town next week, the next scheduled update of this tape will not be until two weeks from now that is on June 19, but in the meantime, if you have a rarity to report or if you'd like further birding information you can call either Mike Hendrickson at 626-2628 or Dave Benson at 728-5812. Or as usual, you can leave a message after the tone on the end of this tape since these messages will still be monitored. And also note for future reference a caller can leave a message if they wish without waiting for this birding report to end. To do this, after the tape starts playing, push 5 on your touch tone phone, the tape will then stop, the tone will sound and you can then leave your message. Beep
