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Jim Lind <[log in to unmask]>
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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*May 13, 2010
*MNDU1005.13

-Birds mentioned
White-winged Scoter
Red-throated Loon
Virginia Rail
Iceland Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Northern Hawk Owl
Great Gray Owl
Short-eared Owl
Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Sedge Wren
Veery
Northern Mockingbird
Cape May Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Clay-colored Sparrow
Western Tanager
Bobolink
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 13, 2010
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 13th, 2010 sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A male WESTERN TANAGER was seen on the 10th in east Duluth at 3561 East
Second Street, but it has not been seen since. Dave Benson saw an adult
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 11th at Park Point near the Sky Harbor
Airport. Dave also saw 5 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and at least 1,100 COMMON
TERNS at the same location. Peder Svingen saw a late ICELAND GULL on the
8th at Canal Park in Duluth. Kim Eckert saw a RED-THROATED LOON on the
13th at the Park Point Recreation Area, as well as a BLACK TERN.

Jan and Larry Kraemer found a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER on the 9th in the
woods behind Cub Foods off Central Entrance in Duluth. Mike Hendrickson
saw a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER on the 12th in west Duluth at 88th Street,
on the east side of the Morgan Park middle school.

A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen on the 8th and the 10th along the 200
block of 2nd Avenue in Two Harbors. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on
the same block on the 13th. Uwe Kaush saw a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in
Duluth Township on the 8th on the Wildwood Road, 1 mile west of the
Homestead Road (CR 42).

A GREAT GRAY OWL continues to be seen by several observers in Aitkin
County along CR 18, between the Hebron Cemetery and Pietz's Road, and a
SHORT-EARED OWL continues to be seen along CR 18, 1-2 miles east of US
Highway 169. A NORTHERN HAWK OWL has been reported by several observers
at the junction of CR 18 and US Highway 169.

Recent new arrivals in the area include VIRGINIA RAIL, FORSTER'S TERN,
WHIP-POOR-WILL, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, SEDGE WREN, VEERY,
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, HARRIS’S SPARROW, BOBOLINK, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 20th.

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.


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