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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*May 8, 2003
*MNDU0305.08

-Birds mentioned
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Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 8, 2003
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 728-5030
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 8, 2003, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A WILLET was at Hearding Island on the 6th. A flock of approximately 150 BONAPARTE'S GULLS arrived in the harbor on the 3rd. Among the many ducks in the Duluth harbor this week were at least 30 AMERICAN WIGEONS, an unusually large number for this species in Duluth. 20 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were in Agate Bay at Two Harbors on the 6th. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen at Schroeder at the intersection of Hwy 61 and the road to Father Baraga's Cross on the 3rd. On the same day, another Mockingbird was seen north of Duluth on Church Rd, off the Emerson Rd.

At Wisconsin Point in Superior, WI this week, 2 RED-THROATED LOONS were seen on the 6th and 2 WILLETS were seen on the 7th.

New migrants reported this week include UPLAND SANDPIPER, PURPLE MARTIN, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.

The Hawk Ridge Birdathon will be held on Saturday, May 17. Both birders and pledgers are needed. For more information, contact Terry Wiens at t.wiens@lsc.mnscu.edu

Thanks to Kim Eckert, Chris Elmgren,Jan Green, Mike Hendrickson, Dave Krikorian, Jim Lind, Jim and Carol Tveekrem, and Scott and Nan Wisherd for contributing information.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 15.

The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 728-5030, and callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of each tape.

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 of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455; or send an e-mail to mou@cbs.umn.edu; or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.

-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 8, 2003
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 728-5030
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
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This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 8, 2003, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A WILLET was at Hearding Island on the 6th. A flock of approximately 150 BONAPARTE'S GULLS arrived in the harbor on the 3rd. Among the many ducks in the Duluth harbor this week were at least 30 AMERICAN WIGEONS, an unusually large number for this species in Duluth. 20 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were in Agate Bay at Two Harbors on the 6th. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen at Schroeder at the intersection of Hwy 61 and the road to Father Baraga's Cross on the 3rd. On the same day, another Mockingbird was seen north of Duluth on Church Rd, off the Emerson Rd.

At Wisconsin Point in Superior, WI this week, 2 RED-THROATED LOONS were seen on the 6th and 2 WILLETS were seen on the 7th.

New migrants reported this week include UPLAND SANDPIPER, PURPLE MARTIN, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.

The Hawk Ridge Birdathon will be held on Saturday, May 17. Both birders and pledgers are needed. For more information, contact Terry Wiens at t.wiens@lsc.mnscu.edu

Thanks to Kim Eckert, Chris Elmgren,Jan Green, Mike Hendrickson, Dave Krikorian, Jim Lind, Jim and Carol Tveekrem, and Scott and Nan Wisherd for contributing information.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 15.

The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 728-5030, and callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of each tape.

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 of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455; or send an e-mail to mou@cbs.umn.edu; or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.




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