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*May 6, 2004
*MNDU0405.06

-Birds mentioned

• American White Pelican
• American Bittern
• Tundra Swan
• Northern Pintail
• American Wigeon
• Broad-winged Hawk
• Golden Eagle
• American Coot
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Bonaparte's Gull
• Caspian Tern
• Great Gray Owl
• Whip-poor-will
• Chimney Swift
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Hermit Thrush
• Loggerhead Shrike
• Solitary Vireo
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Northern Parula
• Pine Warbler
• Eastern Towhee
• Clay-colored Sparrow
• Savannah Sparrow
• Snow Bunting
• Brown-headed Cowbird

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 6, 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 Thursday, May 6, 2004, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Two LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES were reported from Northeastern Minnesota this week: Tom Auer saw one along the runway at Sky Harbor Airport at Park Point on the 3rd; Carol Tveekrem saw another in Schroeder on the North Shore on the 4th. Carol also saw a late SNOW BUNTING on May 1.

Bill Maier heard a WHIP-POOR-WILL at Hartley Nature Center on the 29th. This bird and an AMERICAN BITTERN were calling from the marshy area south of Rocky Knob.

Dave and Sarah Grosshuesch had a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER at their feeder in Duluth on the 5th. Mike Hendrickson found a SOLITARY VIREO at Hawk Ridge just north of the main overlook on the 5th. Gary Kuyava saw an EASTERN TOWHEE on the 1st. Earl Orf saw a GREAT GRAY OWL at the south end of Owl Ave in Sax-Zim on the 30th.

The West Skyline Hawkwatch had a record-setting week, with a record day of 5765 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS on May 1st. The week's totals pushed their seasonal total count past 28,645, which is a new spring record. They also spotted an immature GOLDEN EAGLE on the 1st.

A flock of at least 20 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS has been seen in and around the Duluth Harbor this week. Six TUNDRA SWANS were at Wisconsin Point yesterday, and two swans are in the Grand Marais harbor. Jim Barrett reported BONAPARTE'S GULLS in West Duluth on the 1st.

Migrants newly reported this week include AMERICAN WIGEON (10) on the 2nd, NORTHERN PINTAIL (7) on the 5th, AMERICAN COOT on the 4th, SPOTTED SANDPIPER on the 5th, CASPIAN TERN on the 3rd, CHIMNEY SWIFT on the 30th, HERMIT THRUSH on the 30th, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER on the 30th, NORTHERN PARULA on the 5th, PINE WARBLER on the 4th, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 13.

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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