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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *May 1, 2003 *MNDU0305.01 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 1, 2003
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 728-5030
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
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.
