[mou] Duluth RBA 5/21/06 (Hawk Ridge Birdathon)

[Jim Lind]

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.

A composite total of 190 species was found in St. Louis County, 
including 147 within the city limits of Duluth.  The winning team of 
Dave Alexander, Karen Sussman, and Ben, Joshua, and Peter Yokel found 
134 species.

Some highlights from the birdathon include:

Two TRUMPETER SWANS at the Embarrass rice paddies, a RED-THROATED 
LOON out from the airport at Park Point, a flyover RED-SHOULDERED 
HAWK near Brimson, a HUDSONIAN GODWIT at Morgan Park, six MARBLED 
GODWITS at Interstate Island, WILSON'S and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at 
the Meadowlands sewage lagoons, a GREAT GRAY OWL in the Sax-Zim bog 
along CR 52, a half mile west of the Stickney Road, a LONG-EARED OWL 
at Park Point, a NORTHERN HAWK OWL near Brimson, BLACK-BACKED 
WOODPECKER on the Admiral Road (CR 788) in the Sax-Zim bog, nesting 
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS in Fond du Lac, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on 
Bayhill Drive, off 74th Avenue West, an EASTERN TOWHEE at Magney-
Snively park, a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW near Grassy Point, and YELLOW-
HEADED BLACKBIRD at Mud Lake in west Duluth.

Also seen in Lake County yesterday was a LITTLE BLUE HERON at the Two 
Harbors municipal airport, LONG-TAILED DUCKS at Burlington Bay in Two 
Harbors, a late ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the Castle Danger sewage 
lagoons, and a WHIMBREL at Knife River.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 
25th.

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.