Explore Minnesota Birding Report Update June 6, 2013
A few openings remain for the Koochiching County II Minnesota Birding Weekend offered June 22-24. Birders will be based in Grand Rapids and International Falls, exploring the back roads in this remote county's vast expanses of bogs and coniferous forests. A wide array of boreal specialties can be expected, including Black-backed Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied and other flycatchers, Boreal Chickadee, more than 20 nesting warblers (with Cape May, Bay-breasted, Connecticut, Mourning, and Wilson's as possibilities), and possibly both crossbills. Special emphasis will be placed on listening to and learning the songs of warblers and other passerines singing in the surrounding territory. To learn more about this and other birding weekends, visit the Minnesota Birding Weekends site.
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Information in this report has been provided courtesy of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union and their affiliates. This report is brought to you by ExploreMinnesota.com.
The following is a list of recent, significant sightings:
A Brown Pelican was found at Myre-Big Island State Park in Freeborn County on May 31st. Unfortunately, no specific information about its location or if it is still present has been provided.
A Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher was discovered by Tim Pearson on June 2nd at the mouth of the Brule River near Naniboujou Lodge in Cook County; the bird was seen again on the 5th. A Northern Mockingbird was also in the area.
A Yellow-Throated Warbler is still at Whitewater State Park in Winona County. It is generally seen at the picnic area near the Nature Store.
A male Lark Bunting was reported from the north side of Thief Lake in Roseau County on the 28th. It was along Thief Lake Drive about two miles east of 240th Avenue.
On the 29th, a Little Blue Heron was in Rice County at the Carleton College Cowling Arboretum in Northfield.
In Duluth, Tom Auer found a Piping Plover on the 1st at Park Point between the Recreation Area and the Sky Harbor Airport.
Dave Sovereign reported two Tufted Titmice on the 3rd along the Big Sucker River in eastern St. Louis County. The birds were along a trail between Highway 61 and Lake Superior.
And on May 30th, a Kentucky Warbler was found by Thomas Malone at Springbrook Nature Center in Anoka County.
The next scheduled update is Thursday, June 20th, 2013.
Information in this statewide birding report is provided by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU), Minnesota's oldest and largest bird club. View photographs of recent sightings at the MOU website. To submit a bird sighting, email the MOU birding report compiler at rba@moumn.org.
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