[mou] Black-throated Blues along Superior Hiking Trail

[Michael Steffes]

I heard 10 BTBs saturday, May 17  on the western slope and top of Moose Mtn 
in Cook County.  This site and Tettegouche Park are clearly the places with 
the largest numbers of this warbler. In both places one must hike to find 
the birds; I had a six mile round-trip on saturday, starting at the Oberg 
Mtn parking lot.  I had none at Oberg, but I did not climb Oberg.  I have 
never been on this section so early, and this is clearly the most I have 
heard so early in the season anywhere.  Also, many BTgreens, ovenbirds, 
nashvilles.  Some blackburnians, parulas, RB grosbeaks.  Maybe one vireo, 
no mournings, canadas, they are later.  Also, about 100 runners, happy, 
pleasant and not interfering with my listening, but a large number of 
people on the trail.  No other hikers.

Michael W. Steffes
phone: 612-624-8164
fax: 612-273-3489
e-mail: steff001@umn.edu