[mou] Duluth RBA 5/6/04

[David Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 6, 2004, sponsored 
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Two LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES were reported from Northeastern Minnesota this 
week: Tom Auer saw one along the runway at Sky Harbor Airport at Park 
Point on the 3rd; Carol Tveekrem saw another in Schroeder on the North 
Shore on the 4th. Carol also saw a late SNOW BUNTING on May 1.

Bill Maier heard a WHIP-POOR-WILL at Hartley Nature Center on the 29th. 
This bird and an AMERICAN BITTERN were calling from the marshy area 
south of Rocky Knob.

Dave and Sarah Grosshuesch had a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at their feeder 
in Duluth on the 5th. Mike Hendrickson found a SOLITARY VIREO at Hawk 
Ridge just north of the main overlook on the 5th. Gary Kuyava saw an 
EASTERN TOWHEE on the 1st. Earl Orf saw a GREAT GRAY OWL at the south 
end of Owl Ave in Sax-Zim on the 30th.

The West Skyline Hawkwatch had a record-setting week, with a record day 
of 5765 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS  on May 1st. The week's totals pushed their 
seasonal total count past 28,645, which is a new spring record. They 
also spotted an immature GOLDEN EAGLE on the 1st.

A flock of at least 20 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS has been seen in and 
around the Duluth Harbor this week. Six TUNDRA SWANS were at Wisconsin 
Point yesterday, and two swans are in the Grand Marais harbor. Jim 
Barrett reported BONAPARTE'S GULLS in West Duluth on the 1st.

Migrants newly reported this week include AMERICAN WIGEON (10) on the 
2nd, NORTHERN PINTAIL (7) on the 5th, AMERICAN COOT on the 4th, SPOTTED 
SANDPIPER on the 5th, CASPIAN TERN on the 3rd, CHIMNEY SWIFT on the 
30th, HERMIT THRUSH on the 30th, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER on the 30th, 
NORTHERN PARULA on the 5th, PINE WARBLER on the 4th, CLAY-COLORED 
SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and BROWN COWBIRD.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 13.

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