Starting in the morning fog at Park Point Recreation Area, I slowly meandered my way about the small woodlots and clumps of habitat. The area was generally quite active, especially in the vicinity of the sand volleyball courts. After a few hours, I met up with Peder Svingen and the two of us continued counting migrants, mostly warblers and flycatchers, working our way out towards the end of Minnesota Point. The final tally was an even 20 warbler species for the day, with good numbers of Empidonax flycatchers also in attendance (primarily Leasts). The most notable warbler was the curious abundance of Wilson's Warblers, with 17 found throughout the day (15 from the recreation area out towards the point). On the beach hike back from Minnesota Point, we stumbled on a pair of juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpipers near the airport, loosely associating with both Baird's and Semipalmated Sandpipers. The other surprise of the day was the half-dozen Olive-sided Flycatchers around Duluth. Although only two were at Park Point, I added another four at Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve's Skyline Parkway, including three visible at once! eBird highlights from around Park Point: Observation date: 8/21/10 Number of species: 64 Semipalmated Plover 6 Spotted Sandpiper 8 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 8 Baird's Sandpiper 4 Pectoral Sandpiper 2 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2 Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 2 Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's) 2 Least Flycatcher 16 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 7 Veery 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Scarlet Tanager 1 Golden-winged Warbler 1 female-type Tennessee Warbler 17 Nashville Warbler 49 Northern Parula 1 Yellow Warbler 6 Chestnut-sided Warbler 4 Magnolia Warbler 15 Cape May Warbler 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 33 Blackburnian Warbler 5 Palm Warbler 2 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 9 American Redstart 14 Ovenbird 4 Northern Waterthrush 3 Mourning Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 9 Wilson's Warbler 15 Canada Warbler 4 Good Birding, Cameron Rutt Duluth, St. Louis County ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html