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-Birds mentioned

• Red-throated Loon
• Eared Grebe
• Western Grebe
• Ross's Goose
• Black Scoter
• Surf Scoter
• White-winged Scoter
• Ruddy Duck
• Yellow Rail
• Marbled Godwit
• Parasitic Jaeger
• Great Black-backed Gull
• Great Gray Owl
• Red-headed Woodpecker
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Black-backed Woodpecker
• Boreal Chickadee
• Northern Mockingbird
• Black-throated Blue Warbler

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 22, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
Transcriber: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Sunday, May 22nd, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The report is being updated today to report on yesterday's Hawk Ridge Birdathon.

Fifty birders on 16 teams came up with an impressive composite total of 205 species, including 169 within the city limits of Duluth. The winning team of Tom Auer, Mike Hendrickson, and Mark Ochs found 154 species.

Some highlights from the birdathon include:

ROSS'S GOOSE at Interstate Island, SURF SCOTERS, BLACK SCOTERS, and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS on Lake Superior on Park Point, RED-THROATED LOONS at a number of spots along Park Point, including an amazing flock of 61 out from the water pumping station past the Sky Harbor Airport, a WESTERN GREBE at Park Point, and an EARED GREBE and RUDDY DUCK at the Biwabik sewage ponds.

YELLOW RAILS were heard in Sax-Zim on CR 7, a mile north of CR 133, and along the Stone Lake Road.

A flock of 75 MARBLED GODWITS was seen on Interstate Island, and two PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen on Park Point, out from the recreation area. A GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was also seen at Park Point.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen in Sax-Zim, and BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were found along the McDavitt Road. Two RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS were seen on Park Point. At least five different GREAT GRAY OWLS were found in and around the Sax-Zim area. BOREAL CHICKADEE was found along CR 52, two miles west of the Stickney Road in Sax-Zim.

A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was found at the scenic overlook over Boy Scout Landing in west Duluth.

26 species of warblers were found, including BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER at Park Point.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 26th.

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 to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.

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