This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, June 10th, 2004,=20 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists=92 Union.
Bob Russell found two YELLOW RAILS in Pine Cty 2-3 miles west of the=20 St. Croix River on Hwy 70 on the 3rd. Jan Green reported a singing BOREAL OWL on the Skibo Rd south and east=20= of Hoyt Lakes on the 8th. Thirteen GREAT GRAY OWLS were reported in the=20= past five days, including seven birds from Sax-Zim along McDavitt Rd=20 and Owl Ave, plus single birds from just east of Soudan on Hwy 169;=20 from Lake Cty Rd 2, 40 miles north of Two Harbors; from 4.8 miles north=20= of Togo on Hwy 65; from the London Crossing area off Lake Cty Rd 2;=20 from south of Rice Lake NWR; and from Lutsen on the North Shore of Lake=20= Supeior. The Boreal Birding Festival in Grand Marais turned up a number of=20 species that are unusual in Cook Cty, including two AMERICAN BITTERNS,=20= two SANDHILL CRANES, a SORA, a VIRGINIA RAIL, a MARSH WREN, two LE=20 CONTE=92S SPARROWS, and BOBOLINKS, all on Cty Rd 60 about 2.5 miles west=20= of the Gunflint Trail. A COOPER=92S HAWK was seen on the 5th near the = end=20 of the Gunflint Trail, and a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was at the Spruce=20 Creek area west of Grand Marais on the 3rd. There was a singing=20 WILSON=92S WARBLER behind the Coho Cafe in Tofte on the 6th. A few shorebirds lingered in Duluth this week, including a WHIMBREL=20 that was at the ball field at Park Point as late as Tuesday, and a few=20= SANDERLINGS and RUDDY TURNSTONES on the beach. A YELLOW-HEADED=20 BLACKBIRD was at the feeders at the Wild Birds Unlimited store at the=20 mall in Duluth. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 17. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-728-5030.=20 Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded=20 message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota=20 Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more=20 information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum of Natural=20= History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, or send an e-mail=20= to to [email protected], or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.
