[mou] Duluth RBA 5/1/03

[David R. Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 1, 2003, sponsored by
the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A third-state-record WHITE-WINGED DOVE  was seen near Moose Lake near Ely
on the 24th and 25th. The bird was reported on the 28th and has not been
seen since the 25th. A pair of banded TRUMPETER SWANS has been seen over
the past two weeks in Ely.

A second-state-record BLACK VULTURE was reported from the West Skyline
Hawkwatch on the 29th. A pair of LONG-TAILED DUCKS was at Burlington Bay in
Two Harbors on the 30th. Around 150 TUNDRA SWANS have been seen around the
Duluth/Superior Harbor this week. Another OSPREY nest is being built on Hwy
53 near mile marker 49.

Migrants newly-reported this week include SNOW GOOSE, GADWALL, AMERICAN
WIGEON, SEDGE WREN, NORTHERN PARULA, CHIPPING SPARROW,EASTERN MEADOWLARK,
and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.

Thanks to Barb Adams, Alison Clarke, Mike Hendrickson, Dave Krikorian, Jim
Lind, Karen Sussman, and Bill Tefft for contributing to this report.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 8.

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.