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*June 5, 2003
*MNDU0306.05

-Birds mentioned

• Red-throated Loon
• Gadwall
• Greater Scaup
• Bufflehead
• Red Knot
• Sanderling
• Dunlin
• Northern Mockingbird
• Yellow-headed Blackbird

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: June 5, 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, June 5, 2003, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

RED-THROATED LOONS were seen in Duluth off Minnesota Point on May 31 and June 1 and at Hovland in Cook County on the 31st. 2 RED KNOTS were on the beach on the lake side of Minnesota Point on June 1. Another NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen today near the city tennis courts in Hoyt Lakes in northern St. Louis Cty.

Seven species of shorebirds were at the Moose Lake Sewage Ponds over the weekend. DUNLINS and SANDERLINGS continue to be seen at 40th Ave West and at Hearding Island in Duluth.

YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS were at the Embarrass Rice Paddies Wetland on the 28th, at Devil's Track Lake near Grand Marais on the 31st, and at 40th Ave West in Duluth today.

Unusually late lingering migrants include 2 GADWALL at the Grand Portage Sewage Ponds on the 1st, and 7 GREATER SCAUP and 1 BUFFLEHEAD today in Duluth.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 12.

Thanks to Audrey Evers, Mike Hendrickson, Carol Schumacher, Sparky Stensaas, Karen Sussman,and Josh Watson for contributing information to this report.

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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