-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*May 20, 2010
*MNDU1005.20

-Birds mentioned
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Loon
American White Pelican
Black Vulture
Black-bellied Plover
Piping Plover
American Avocet
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Northern Hawk Owl
Great Gray Owl
Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Red-headed Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Pine Warbler
American Redstart
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Canada Warbler
Lark Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 20, 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 20th, 2010 sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A BLACK VULTURE was found by Jan and John Green on the 15th at the west
end of Stoney Point Drive. They relocated it on the morning of the 16th,
but it hasn't been seen since. This is the 5th record for Minnesota.

A PIPING PLOVER was seen by Shawn Zierman on the 16th on Park Point near
the Sky Harbor Airport. Laura Erickson and Tom Erickson saw a NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD on the 18th along the runway at the airport. Jan and Larry
Kraemer saw an AMERICAN AVOCET and a WILSON'S PHALAROPE on the 20th at
the 40th Avenue West Erie Pier Area. Jan and Larry also saw a LARK
SPARROW on the 19th near the Duluth International Airport at Cirrus
Design. Mike Hendrickson has been hearing PINE WARBLERS and GREAT
CRESTED FLYCATCHERS along Skyline Drive east of the Hawk Ridge main
overlook.

Peder Svingen saw three RED-THROATED LOONS on the 18th at the Park Point
Recreation Area and a GLAUCOUS GULL at the Superior Entry. He saw a
FRANKLIN'S GULL on the 17th at the Superior Entry and two first-cycle
THAYER’S GULLS at Wisconsin Point, and a SURF SCOTER on the St. Louis
River at Morgan Park. He saw a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER in Allouez Bay in
Superior on the 19th, and three WHIMBRELS earlier in the week at
Hearding Island and at 36th Street on Park Point.

Seven WHIMBRELS and 21 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen by Rick Schoeder and
others on the 16th at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors. Steve Dahl saw 7
AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 17th at Knife River and Jan Green saw a
WILLET at Stoney Point on the 14th. Nancy Jackson reported a RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER on the 20th in Aurora.

Sparky Stensaas saw a GREAT GRAY OWL in the Sax-Zim Bog on the 16th
along CR 7, 2 miles north of the Sax Road (CR 28), as well as a NORTHERN
HAWK OWL 2-3 miles north of the Sax Road.

The NORTHERN HAWK OWL along US Highway 169 just north of Aitkin County
Road 18 is still being reported regularly. Warren Nelson heard two
WHIP-POOR-WILLS on the 16th along CR 10, 3.3 miles north of Palisade.

Recent new arrivals in the area include BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, SANDERLING, DUNLIN,
RUDDY TURNSTONE, CHIMNEY SWIFT, EASTERN KINGBIRD, RED-EYED VIREO,
WARBLING VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, GRAY CATBIRD, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER,
TENNESSEE WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA
WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER,
CANADA WARBLER, SCARLET TANAGER, and INDIGO BUNTING.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 27th.

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.