-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *June 3, 2013 *MNDU1306.03 -Birds mentioned Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon Western Grebe Piping Plover Red Knot Little Gull Eurasian Collared-Dove Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Northern Mockingbird Bohemian Waxwing Blue Grosbeak Yellow-headed Blackbird -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: June 3, 2013 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind ([email protected]) This is the Duluth Birding Report for June 3rd, 2013 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was found by Tim Pearson on the 2nd in Cook County at the mouth of the Brule River near Naniboujou Lodge. The bird was still present on the 3rd. A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was found on the 3rd in Two Harbors on the 100 block of 2nd Avenue. Kim Eckert and others found a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD on the 31st at the Castle Danger sewage ponds. Tom Auer found a PIPING PLOVER on the 1st at Park Point between the Park Point Recreation Area and the Sky Harbor Airport and Mike Furtman saw a RED KNOT at the Sky Harbor Airport. Mike Hendrickson saw a first-cycle LITTLE GULL on the 1st near the Superior Entry on Minnesota Point. The NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD at the Park Point Recreation Area was seen as recently as the 2nd. Kim Eckert saw an intermediate CLARK'S X WESTERN GREBE on the 29th on Lake Superior out from the south end of the Sky Harbor Airport runway, along with four WESTERN GREBES and a RED-THROATED LOON. Peder Svingen saw three WESTERN GREBES at 43rd Street on Park Point on the 1st. Karl Bardon saw a PACIFIC LOON and nine RED-THROATED LOONS on the 28th at the Sky Harbor Airport. Shawn Conrad and Earl Orf found a first-summer male BLUE GROSBEAK on the 31st in Itasca County on the access road to White Oak Lake, but it has not been relocated. Late BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were found by Lars Benson on the 30th at the Park Point bus turnaround, and by Terry Wiens on the 26th at 11th Avenue East and 4th Street. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 13th. 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 [email protected], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
