-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*May 15, 2009
*MNDU0905.15

-Birds mentioned
Long-tailed Duck
Virginia Rail
Sora
Piping Plover
Thayer's Gull
Chimney Swift
Black-backed Woodpecker
Blue-headed Vireo
Bank Swallow
House Wren
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Bobolink
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 15, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 14th, 2009 sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A PIPING PLOVER was found by Jan and Larry Kraemer on the 14th on the
lakeside of the Park Point Recreational Area. This may be the same bird
reported from Wisconsin Point on the 13th. Peder Svingen found a
first-cycle THAYER'S GULL on the 13th on the Minnesota side of the
Superior Entry. Chris and Cindy Edwardson found a BLACK-BACKED
WOODPECKER on the 10th in Hartley Nature Reserve along one of the
mountain bike paths in the Kenwood area.

Five LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen on the 10th and 11th at Burlington Bay
in Two Harbors.

New arrivals during the past week include SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL, CHIMNEY
SWIFT, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BANK SWALLOW, VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, HOUSE WREN, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, TENNESSEE
WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, AMERICAN
REDSTART, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, WILSON’S WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW,
LE CONTE’S SPARROW, NORTHERN ORIOLE, and BOBOLINK

The Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory is looking for observations and
locations of nesting raptors in the city of Duluth. Reports should be
sent ASAP to assure time for nesting observations to occur. Please
contact Frank Nicoletti either by phone at (218) 724-0758 or by e-mail
at [log in to unmask]

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 21st.

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

The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota
Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more
information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us
at [log in to unmask], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.