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*June 22, 2006
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• Whimbrel
• Great Gray Owl
• Black-throated Blue Warbler

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: June 22, 2006
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, June 22nd, 2006, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Kim Eckert reported a late WHIMBREL today from Interstate Island. The bird was on the sand bar that extends toward Superior, Wisconsin.

GREAT GRAY OWLS were seen thIS week in Sax-Zim on Arkola (Cty Rd 52), a half mile west of Owl Ave; and Craig Mandel found another in Lake Cty on the Stony River Forest Rd, 1.5 miles north of the Whyte Rd.

Kim Eckert found a singing male BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER on June 17 at Hartley Field in Duluth. To reach this location: from the jct of Arrowhead Rd and Woodland Ave, go W on Arrowhead to the first stoplight at Hartley Rd; turn right on Hartley Rd and follow it as it curves left and dead-ends at the entrance to the Hartley Field ski trails; walk about 400 yards on the main trail (i.e., the old road) and listen along the right side of the trail.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 29th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.

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