-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*May 18, 2012
*MNDU1205.18

-Birds mentioned
Surf Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Loon
Eared Grebe
Black-bellied Plover
Willet
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Common Tern
Eastern Whip-poor-will
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Veery
Wood Thrush
Mourning Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 18, 2012
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for May 18th, 2012 sponsored by the
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

More than 2,000 migrating COMMON TERNS were counted by Peder Svingen and
Jan and Larry Kraemer on the 15th along Park Point, representing the
highest count total for the state since the early 1970's. Jan and Larry
saw two SURF SCOTERS on the 16th at 36th Street on Park Point. A ROSS’S
GOOSE was found by Shawn Conrad on the 14th at the bus turnaround at the
Park Point Recreation Area. He also saw a WILLET near the soccer fields
and two RED-THROATED LOONS near 22nd Street on Park Point.

Steve Wilson and Steve Schon saw an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER and a
BLACK-BACKED WOOPECKER on the 12th in the Pagami Creek burn south and
west of Isabella Lake in Lake County. Twelve LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen
on the 14th at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors.

Jan Kraemer found an EARED GREBE on the 12th on Splithand Lake in Itasca
County.

New arrivals in the area during the past week include BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER, SANDERLING, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, DUNLIN,
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE,
EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, LEAST FLYCATCHER, EASTERN
KINGBIRD, WARBLING VIREO, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, CLIFF SWALLOW,
VEERY, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, MOURNING WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED
WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, SCARLET TANAGER, and INDIGO BUNTING.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 24th.

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.