[mou] Duluth RBA 4/24/03

[David R. Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, April 24, 2003, sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

 A GREEN HERON was seen at 12th and Superior in Duluth on the 18th. A
VESPER SPARROW was at the Rowing Club at Park Point on the 21st.
LONG-TAILED DUCKS were still present in Grand Marais yesterday. Karen
Sussman reported that an OSPREY was back in Twig on Hwy 53 on the 22nd.

Gordy Martinson has a WOOD DUCK on eggs in a nest box in Lakewood Township.

New migrants reported this week include COMMON LOON, WILSON'S SNIPE,
NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN PHOEBE,CEDAR WAXWING, HERMIT THRUSH, and EASTERN
BLUEBIRD.

Thanks to Lars Benson, Deb Buria-Falkowski, Jan Green, Dave Krikorian, Jim
Lind, Gordy Martinson, and Karen Sussman for contributing to this report.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 1.

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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