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*May 23, 2004
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-Birds mentioned

• Red-throated Loon
• White-winged Scoter
• Yellow Rail
• Piping Plover
• Whimbrel
• Great Black-backed Gull

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 23, 2004
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 Sunday, May 23, 2004, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Sixty birders on 16 teams braved cold temperatures, rain, and strong winds during yesterday's Hawk Ridge Birdathon. The winning team of John Hockema, Bob Dunlap, Jake Mussou, and Ben Fritchman recorded 150 species, and the composite total for all teams was 197 species--an impressive effort for a challenging day.

Highlights include 3 RED-THROATED LOONS seen on Lake Superior between the bath house and the airport; a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, also seen at Park Point; several YELLOW RAILS heard calling in the Sax-Zim area along Stone Lake Rd (Cty Rd 319); 2 PIPING PLOVERS at the south end of Hearding Island; 6 WHIMBRELS in the same location; 2 jaegers over Lake Superior off Park Point; and 3 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, a first winter bird, a second year bird, and an adult, all seen at Park Point. Twenty species of waterfowl were recorded, 21 species of shorebirds, and all 26 species of regular warblers were seen.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 27.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-728-5030. 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 of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, or send an e-mail to to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.

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