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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*May 26, 2016
*MNDU1605.26

-Birds mentioned
Long-tailed Duck
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Bell's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Northern Mockingbird
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Lark Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
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Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 26, 2016
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for May 26th, 2016 sponsored by the
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A male LARK BUNTING was found by Sue Finnila on the 25th at a private
residence near the town of Cook in northern St. Louis County. Jason
Mandich saw a WILSON'S PHALAROPE on the 24th in the Sax-Zim Bog in a
sand pit at Arkola Road (CR 52) and Owl Avenue.

Karl Bardon found a BELL'S VIREO on the 25th on the bayside of Park
Point between 13th and 14th Street, but it has not been relocated. A
fallout of 24 warbler species, including BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER and
CONNECTICUT WARBLER, was seen by several observers at Park Point on the
25th and again on the 26th. Kim Eckert found a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER on
the 25th at the Park Point Recreation Area, and it was still present on
the 26th. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was found on the 23rd by John
Richardson at the Park Point Recreation Area.

Frank Nicoletti found a PIPING PLOVER and an EASTERN TOWHEE on the 21st
on Park Point at the dune bridge near the Sky Harbor Airport. The PIPING
PLOVER was relocated later that day and on the 22nd near 43rd Street on
Park Point. Brian French found a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON on the 21st
in the Duluth Harbor near WLSSD off 27th Avenue West, and it was seen
again on the 22nd.

A LONG-TAILED DUCK was seen on the 21st at Brighton Beach in Duluth, and
seven were seen on the 22nd east of Tofte in Cook County.

Recent new arrivals in the area include SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, DUNLIN,
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, RED-EYED VIREO, and CONNECTICUT
WARBLER on the 20th, RUDDY TURNSTONE, EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL,
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, and BLACKPOLL WARBLER
on the 21st, GREEN HERON and EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE on the 22nd, and
PHILADELPHIA VIREO on the 23rd.

INDIGO BUNTING on the 13th, WILSON'S WARBLER on the 14th, SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER on the 15th, WARBLING VIREO, MOURNING WARBLER and BOBOLINK on
the 16th, WILSON’S PHALAROPE and CANADA WARBLER on the 17th,
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, ALDER FLYCATCHER,
PECTORAL SANDPIPER and GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH on the 19th,

The next scheduled update of this report will be on or about Thursday,
June 2nd.

This report is compiled from MOU-net postings, local eBird checklists,
various Facebook group pages (some of which may require joining), and
personal contacts. Please follow the links below for the most up-to-date
information:

MOU-net: [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]
eBird: http://ebird.org/ebird/places
Facebook group pages:
Minnesota Ornithologists Union:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/moumn.group/
Minnesota Birding: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mnbirding/
Minnesota Rare Bird Alert:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1570731239835376/
Northeast Minnesota Birding:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/177159692431348/
Sax-Zim Bog: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saxzimbog/
Duluth Phenology: https://www.facebook.com/groups/duluthphenology/

Information about bird sightings may be sent to the Duluth Rare Bird
Alert at [log in to unmask]

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, write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at
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