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-Birds mentioned

• Red-throated Loon
• Ross's Goose
• Surf Scoter
• White-winged Scoter
• Semipalmated Plover
• Bonaparte's Gull
• Caspian Tern
• Common Tern
• Arctic Tern
• Forster's Tern
• Whip-poor-will
• Chimney Swift
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• American Three-toed Woodpecker
• Least Flycatcher
• Bank Swallow
• Boreal Chickadee
• Veery
• Gray Catbird
• Northern Mockingbird
• Brown Thrasher
• Blue-headed Vireo
• Golden-winged Warbler
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Northern Parula
• Yellow Warbler
• Chestnut-sided Warbler
• Cape May Warbler
• Black-throated Blue Warbler
• Blackpoll Warbler
• American Redstart
• Northern Waterthrush
• Scarlet Tanager
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• Vesper Sparrow
• Bobolink
• Yellow-headed Blackbird
• Baltimore Oriole

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 11, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
Transcriber: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, May 11th, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Migration has picked up during the past week in the Duluth area, with a good showing of warblers and other migrants in the fog and rain on Park Point on the 10th. Jason Caddy found 12 warbler species near the Sky Harbor Airport, including BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, GOLDEN- WINGED WARBLER, and CAPE MAY WARBLER. Molly Thompson found 11 warbler species on the same day, including NORTHERN PARULA and GOLDEN- WINGED WARBLER, as well as a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD near the airport fence. Sarah and Dave Grosshuesch found a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on the 5th in Two Harbors at Lighthouse Point, and it was still present on the 6th.

Lori Evrard reported a male WESTERN TANANGER on the 10th on the shore of Lake Superior in Grand Marais, Cook County.

Mike Hendrickson found an ARCTIC TERN and three RED-THROATED LOONS on the 8th at the Park Point recreation area. Mike saw 1,300 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Hearding Island on the 6th. Peder Svingen found two SURF SCOTERS and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER AT Park Point on the 8th.

Jan Green reported a ROSS'S GOOSE on Interstate Island in the Duluth harbor today and DOWITCHERS at the Park Point recreation area on the 10th. Lars Benson found a BLACKPOLL WARBLER on Park Point on the 8th.

Celeste Kawulok found an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the 6th in the Sax-Zim Bog along Owl Avenue near the Arkola Road (CR 52). Jason Caddy found a BOREAL CHICKADEE along the McDavitt Road on the 6th.

Pat Pierman recently had a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER in her yard along the East Hunter's Lake Road north of Duluth. Uwe Kausch had a male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD on the 8th in his yard on the Wildwood Road, a mile west of the Homestead Road. A VESPER SPARROW was seen on the 8th in downtown Two Harbors at 1st Avenue and 8th Street.

Other recent spring arrivals in the area include SEMIPALMATED PLOVER today, FORSTER'S TERN, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BANK SWALLOW, VEERY, TENESSEE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART on the 10th, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER, BOBOLINK, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE on the 9th, LEAST FLYCATCHER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on the 8th, CHIMNEY SWIFT on the 7th, CASPIAN TERN on the 6th, and COMMON TERN and WHIP-POOR-WILL on the 5th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 18th.

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.

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