[mou] Duluth RBA 3/27/03

[David R. Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 27, 2003, sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL nest that Jim Lind found in Two Harbors several
weeks ago now has almost fully-grown young.

A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was at the corner of 2nd Ave and 3rd St in Two
Harbors on the 23rd. 14 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were at Stony Point on the 23rd.
A small flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen in the Smithville neighborhood
of Duluth on the 24th.

The West Skyline Hawkwatch had a spring single day record flight of 588
BALD EAGLES  on the 24th. This includes a kettle of 46 eagles and 167
eagles in one hour.

On the 23rd, a GREAT GRAY OWL was seen on Aitkin Cty Rd 18, just east of
the Hebron Cemetery.

New migrants this week included TUNDRA SWAN, HOODED MERGANSER, TURKEY
VULTURE, KILLDEER, AMERICAN ROBIN, and COMMON GRACKLE.

Thanks to Lynelle Hansen, Josh Watson, Mike Hendrickson, Jim Lind, and Rick
Schroeder for their contributions to this report.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 3.

The telephone 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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