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*April 17, 2003
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-Birds mentioned

• American White Pelican
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Great Blue Heron
• Green-winged Teal
• Blue-winged Teal
• Northern Shoveler
• American Wigeon
• Ring-necked Duck
• Surf Scoter
• Osprey
• Bald Eagle
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• Swainson's Hawk
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Golden Eagle
• Sandhill Crane
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Belted Kingfisher
• Northern Flicker
• Eastern Phoebe
• Tree Swallow
• Winter Wren
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Bohemian Waxwing
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Brown-headed Cowbird

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 17, 2003
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 728-5030
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
From mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu Thu Apr 17 09:23:07 2003

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, April 17, 2003, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists'Union.

The first large push of passerines arrived in Duluth this week. On Tuesday, following strong southerly winds and warm temperatures on Monday, the city was full of kinglets and creepers, plus the first reported individuals of several expected species.

By yesterday, large numbers of diving ducks had moved into the harbor. A SURF SCOTER was at 38th Street on Minnesota Point. Ten BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen in East Duluth on the 11th, and there were reports of Bohemian Waxwings flying through Duluth on several days last week.

The season's total at the West Skyline Hawk Count is over 8,300 raptors including 1,488 on the 11th with 234 BALD EAGLES, and 1120 RED-TAILED HAWKS. The first OSPREYS of the season arrived on the 14th; there were 8 GOLDEN EAGLES on the 12th and two RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, one each on the 11th and 12th, plus an adult, light-morph SWAINSON'S HAWK on the 12th. 32 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were counted on the 12th.

Migrants reported for the first time this week included DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, GREAT BLUE HERON, AMERICAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK, SANDHILL CRANE, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, BELTED KINGFISHER, NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, WINTER WREN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD.

The Hawk Ridge Birdathon and St. Louis County Big Day will be held on Saturday, May 17th. Both birders and financial support are needed. For further information, contact Terry Wiens at .

Thanks to Jim Lind, Frank Nicoletti,Josh Watson, and Terry Wiens for contributing to this report.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 24.

The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 728-5030, and callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of each tape.

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 of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455; or send an e-mail to mou@cbs.umn.edu; or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.

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