Herb Dingmann reported an adult male CINNAMON TEAL in southern Mahnomen County on May 26th. The bird was found on the south side of County Road 12, roughly one-third of a mile west of County Road 3.

In Clay County, the ROCK WREN and two SAYâ?TS PHOEBES are still being seen daily. Directions from the town of Felton are to travel south on State Highway 9 for two miles. Turn east on County Road 108, and drive to the T-intersection. Follow the gravel road left and north to the gravel pit area.

There is a secondhand report of a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER seen on or around May 22nd in Dakota County, along 155th Street between Angus and Barbara avenues.

Peder Svingen found a BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK in Rock County on May 24th. It was along the road that runs east, and then north, of the water-filled gravel pits that are south of Blue Mounds State Park. The grosbeak soon disappeared and Peder was unable to relocate it.

Out of range was the LARK BUNTING found May 26th in the city of Ely, in St. Louis County. From the north side of town, turn right onto State Highway 1 for one block, then left onto the dirt road. Check for the bird along the fence line of the ball field.

Bill Marengo found four AMERICAN AVOCETS at Mile Marker 17 of Highway 28, just east of Barry in Big Stone County.

In Duluth, nine RED-THROATED LOONS were seen by Sparky Stensaas on May 23rd, past the Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point. Three PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen out from the recreational area of Park Point on the same day. An ARCTIC TERN was reported here last weekend but has not been seen recently.

There have been many reports of NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD over the past week. One was seen on May 21st in Scott County, just west of Murphy Lake Boulevard, in the southwest corner of Murphy-Hanrehan Park, about half a mile north of 175th Street. On the same day, another was at the Minnesota River Valley Refuge Headquarters in Bloomington. In western Brown County, Brian Smith found one along 400th Avenue, just north of the intersection with 140 Street. On May 24th, Bob O’Connor found a Northern Mockingbird in Moorhead’s Gooseberry Park in Clay County. To view this bird, check the edge of the woods, from the park shelter to the footbridge.

Four more Northern Mockingbirds were found along the north shore of Lake Superior: one on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus at St. Marie Street and University Drive on the 24th, another at the scenic overlook over Boy Scout Landing in west Duluth on the 21st, one on the west end of Stoney Point Drive near Knife River, and another at the Two Harbors Lighthouse on the 23rd. In Hennepin County, Karen Murri reported one on the lawn behind the office building at 2381 Rosegate in Roseville.

Cole Foster reported seeing a SUMMER TANAGER on May 20th at the southeast end of Linwood Lake in northern Anoka County, near the northwest corner of Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area. To view this bird, take Jordell Street north from Lexington Avenue to a T-intersection at the southern end of Linwood Lake. Take a right at the T and park at the dead end. There is an informal trail at the dead end which leads to the main trail that runs along the eastern shore of Linwood Lake. The bird was in the area where the informal trail intersects the main trail.