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-Birds mentioned

• American White Pelican
• Long-tailed Duck
• Broad-winged Hawk
• Golden Eagle
• Sandhill Crane
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Solitary Sandpiper
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Bonaparte's Gull
• Cliff Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Northern Mockingbird
• Nashville Warbler
• Magnolia Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Black-throated Green Warbler
• Blackburnian Warbler
• Pine Warbler
• Palm Warbler
• Cerulean Warbler
• Ovenbird
• Clay-colored Sparrow
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Harris's Sparrow
• Yellow-headed Blackbird

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: May 4, 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 4th, 2006 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A female CERULEAN WARBLER was found by Jim Lind this afternoon at Lighthouse Point in downtown Two Harbors. The bird was observed in the woods north of the lighthouse with a mixed flock of BLACK- THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, NASHVILLE WARBLERS, a PINE WARBLER, and a MAGNOLIA WARBLER. If accepted, this would be the first Cerulean Warbler record for northeastern Minnesota.

A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was found today by Steve Walczynski at 28th Avenue West and 16th Street, just north of Skyline Drive in west Duluth. Jeff Kern reported a male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD on the 2nd in downtown Grand Marais near the co-op. Jason Caddy reported more than 70 PALM WARBLERS with smaller numbers of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS along the Munger Trail on the 3rd, along with a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW.

Jan Green saw a GOLDEN EAGLE flying in off Lake Superior on the 3rd at the mouth of the Lester River. A LONG-TAILED DUCK was seen at Wisconsin Point on the 1st.

Nearly 1,900 raptors were counted on the 2nd at the West Skyline Hawk Count in Duluth, including 1,707 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. Several AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen on the 28th, May 2nd and 3rd, with two SANDHILL CRANES on the 3rd.

Recent spring arrivals in the area include SPOTTED SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, BONAPARTE'S GULL, HARRIS'S SPARROW, and WHITE- CROWNED SPARROW today, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, CLIFF SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER on the 3rd, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS and OVENBIRD on the 2nd.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 11th.

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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