-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*May 27, 2010
*MNDU1005.27

-Birds mentioned
Long-tailed Duck
Spruce Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Western Grebe
Great Egret
Whimbrel
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Black-billed Cuckoo
Great Gray Owl
Common Nighthawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Swainson's Thrush
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
White-winged Crossbill
Evening Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 27, 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 27th, 2010 sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

RED-THROATED LOONS have been seen at Park Point throughout the past
week, with an impressive peak of 102 counted on the 27th by Peder
Svingen between 12th Street and the Sky Harbor Airport. Karl Bardon
found a PACIFIC LOON on the 26th at the Lafayette Square access, as well
as a probable WESTERN GREBE and 63 RED-THROATED LOONS. Several observers
reported an excellent fallout of 25 warbler species on the 25th at Park
Point, including a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER found by Karl Bardon
south of the Sky Harbor Airport, several CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, and a
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. Chris Mansfield saw a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
the same day at Southworth Marsh on Park Point.

Jan and Larry Kraemer saw 60 WHIMBRELS near the Sky Harbor Airport on
the 27th. Shawn Conrad found a WESTERN KINGBIRD on the 25th at the Park
Point recreation area ball fields. Harold Nordin found a RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER at Park Point on the 22nd, and it was relocated on the 24th.
Julie Calligure saw three EVENING GROSBEAKS on the 24th at 16th Street
on Park Point. Peder Svingen saw a THAYER'S GULL at the Superior Entry
on the 26th and 27th and a record-late ICELAND GULL on the 26th. Sandra
van den Bosse and others found a GREAT EGRET on the 25th at Indian Point
in West Duluth and the bird was still present on the 27th.

LONG-TAILED DUCKS were found by several observers at Stony Point on the
22nd. Steve and Ann Schon saw a male SPRUCE GROUSE and a female
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER in northern St. Louis County on the 23rd along
the Astrid Lake hiking trail, about 0.5 mile south of the Echo Trail (CR
166).

Nancy Jackson reported WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS on the 26th at the south
end of the McDavitt Road (CR 233) in the Sax-Zim Bog. Mike Hendrickson
saw several SHARP-TAILED GROUSE on the 22nd at the intersection of the
Arkola Road (CR 52) and the Stickney Road (CR 207), and along CR 29.

Kim Eckert found a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 23rd in Aitkin County along MN
Highway 200 near mile marker 199, about a mile west of US Highway 2.

Recent new arrivals in the area include BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, COMMON
NIGHTHAWK, ALDER FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN
WOOD-PEWEE, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BLACKPOLL
WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, and WILSON’S WARBLER.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 3rd.

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.