-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *May 3, 2013 *MNDU1305.03 -Birds mentioned Greater Scaup Surf Scoter Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe American White Pelican Spotted Sandpiper Willet Pectoral Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Loggerhead Shrike Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Vesper Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Hoary Redpoll -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: May 3, 2013 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask]) This is the Duluth Birding Report for May 3rd, 2013 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was found by Dave Benson on the 29th on Park Point near the rowing club, and it was relocated on the 30th. Foggy conditions on the 30th led to a “fallout” of landbirds at Park Point. Mike Hendrickson and others saw ten sparrow species including a LECONTE'S SPARROW, a VESPER SPARROW, and 450 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS. Kim Eckert saw a late HOARY REDPOLL with six Common Redpolls on the 30th near Hearding Island on Park Point. Sparky Stensaas saw a SURF SCOTER on the 29th near the rowing club. Peder Svingen documented an impressive movement of waterfowl along Park Point on the 28th and 29th, including 20 waterfowl species, a Minnesota record high total of more than 7,600 GREATER SCAUP, and more than 4,100 HORNED GREBES, the second highest total for the state. Peder counted 14 RED-THROATED LOONS on the 29th along Park Point between 22nd Street and the Sky Harbor Airport. Jan Green saw 55 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS flying over Gary New-Duluth on the 27th. Three WILLETS were seen on the 2nd at Agate Bay in Two Harbors. David Brislance saw a LECONTE'S SPARROW on the 28th at his home near Lutsen in Cook County. Warren Nelson and Butch Ukura found a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE on the 28th along Aitkin County Road 1, 7.5 miles north of Aitkin. Other recent spring arrivals in the past week include BONAPARTE'S GULL, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, BROWN THRASHER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, CHIPPING SPARROW, HARRIS’S SPARROW and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 9th. 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.