Tuesday morning I led a hike for the Duluth Audubon Society. We met near the end of Park Point and enjoyed the morning hours, where many fun birds were seen! After the Duluth Audubon Society bird hike, I met up with a couple from the cities and guided them around until late that afternoon. We started at Park Point, and ended at Sax-Zim Bog. It was a exciting day to be out birding! The eBird list (below) shows the total birds observed from the end of Park Point, taking into account both birding hikes (Audubon hike and personal birding tour) that morning. A good number of Lapland Longspurs were passing through that morning. We also got stellar looks of Black-bellied Plovers standing next to American Golden Plovers! http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11627908 *Here are some photos from Monday and Tuesday along Park Point* Palm Warbler http://www.pbase.com/image/146164489 American Golden Plover with Sanderlings http://www.pbase.com/image/146164486 http://www.pbase.com/image/146164474 American Golden Plover & Black-bellied Plover http://www.pbase.com/image/146164471 http://www.pbase.com/image/146164472 Black-bellied Plover http://www.pbase.com/image/146164480 Baird's Sandpiper http://www.pbase.com/image/146164479 Magnolia Warbler http://www.pbase.com/image/146164484 *Hawk Ridge photos from this past week* Mississippi Kite (a lifer for me!) http://www.pbase.com/image/146164459 http://www.pbase.com/image/146164461 Swainson's Hawk (in-flight as well as in-hand). Kudos to Hawk Ridge bander Nova Mackently for banding this bird! http://www.pbase.com/image/146164465 http://www.pbase.com/image/146164464 http://www.pbase.com/image/146164462 Blue Jay http://www.pbase.com/image/146164456 Cooper's Hawk http://www.pbase.com/image/146164457 In case you're interested in attending next week's Duluth Audubon Society hike, we'll meet at 7am at the recreation parkinglot near the end of Park Point. Also, in addition to Jaegerfest being held at Wisconsin Point this weekend, there is a Birds and Beers taking place this Saturday as well (Sir Benedict's, starting at 6pm). All are welcome. Hope to see you there! Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN -- *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Birding Tours and Bird photography [log in to unmask] www.naturallyavian.com www.pbase.com/birdfedr www.facebook.com/NaturallyAvian ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html