[mou] Duluth RBA 4/17/03

[David R. Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, April 10, 2003, sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

On the 6th, a ROSS' GOOSE was reported from behind the Bayside Market at
19th and Minnesota on Park Point. The bird was with a flock of CANADA
GEESE.

A NORTHERN PINTAIL was at Grand Marais, a PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at
Silver Lake in Virginia, and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS continue to sing at
many locations around Northeastern Minnesota. A dozen LONG-TAILED DUCKS
were still at Stony Point on the 5th.

New migrants reported this week included WOOD DUCK, RING-NECKED DUCK, and
LESSER SCAUP.

Thank you to Alison Clarke, Bob Dunlap, Deb Buria-Falkowski, Jan Green,
Rick Hoyme, Chuck Neil, and John Pastor for contributing to this report.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 17.

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
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