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*May 29, 2003
*MNDU0305.29

-Birds mentioned

• Eared Grebe
• Western Grebe
• American White Pelican
• Little Blue Heron
• Piping Plover
• Whimbrel
• Red Knot
• Great Gray Owl
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
• Northern Mockingbird
• Summer Tanager
• Orchard Oriole

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 29, 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 29, 2003, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen yesterday morning at Grand Portage National Monument, but was not re-found later in the day.

A SUMMER TANAGER was seen on the 25th at a feeder on the French River Road near Duluth. A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen near the lakewalk in Two Harbors on the 24th and again on the 26th. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen in Two Harbors on the 23rd. A PIPING PLOVER was seen by several observers on Minnesota Point near the airport on the 24th. A pair of WESTERN GREBES was on Lake Superior in Duluth on the 25th.

A small invasion of NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS occurred over the weekend. Individuals were seen at Two Harbors on the 23rd, at Grand Marais on the 25th, and at Schroeder on the 26th. An EARED GREBE was at the Moose Lake Sewage Ponds on the 29th. 2 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were at Hearding Island today.

A RED KNOT was at Wisconsin Point on the 23rd. Over 100 WHIMBRELS were seen at Good Harbor Bay in Cook Cty nf the 26th. A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen on Cty Rd 52 just East of Owl Ave today.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Friday, June 6.

Thanks to Deb Buria-Falkowski, Kim Eckert, Dave Krikorian, Jim Lind, Carol Schumacher, Sparky Stensaas, Peder Svingen, 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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