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The crew was surveying near Castle Danger, MN this morning and counted 6000+ passerines (mostly warblers) from 6:30am-7:30am flying inland from Lake Superior. This passerine flight continued for about 2.5 hours after sunrise then almost abruptly stopped. The total number of birds was very impressive as well as the number of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks among the warblers. Also, the birds were not in flocks but spread out across the entire sky and flying west. Their flight calls were as one of my crew members put it, "like a chorus of bells" (although none really sound like bells). The raptor flight was fairly light with a few small falcons, sharp-shinneds, and broad-wingeds passing by while the vultures cruised up and down the shore.

We plan to be at the Lax Lake Overlook in Tettegouch S.P. on Friday or Saturday. If you want to see the spectacular numbers, be there at sunrise.