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*May 22, 2003
*MNDU0305.22

-Birds mentioned

• Trumpeter Swan
• Black-bellied Plover
• American Golden-Plover
• Semipalmated Plover
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Willet
• Whimbrel
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Sanderling
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• Dunlin
• Little Gull
• Bonaparte's Gull
• Common Tern
• Black-throated Blue Warbler

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 22, 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 22, 2003, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A first-winter-plumage LITTLE GULL was seen on Sunday in the harbor off the soccer field at Park Point.

23 WHIMBRELS were seen on Monday, and and at least 6 were still present today in the vicinity of Hearding Island in Duluth. Other shorebirds seen this week include BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILLET, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and DUNLIN. Most of these sightings were on Minnesota Point.

Over 200 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 150 COMMON TERNS, and 1 TRUMPETER SWAN have been seen at Hearding Island this week.

On May 17, 10 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS were found on Moose Mountain in Cook Cty.

Thanks to Barb Adams, Lars Benson, Kim Eckert, Dave Krikorian, Chris Mansfield, Gordy Martinson, Mike Steffes, and Sparky Stensaas for contributing information to this report.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 29.

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.

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