[mou] Duluth RBA 4/15/04

[David Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for April 15, 2004, sponsored by the 
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Spring migration is picking up in quantity, but nothing unexpected has 
turned up this week. To my knowledge, no one refound the Tufted 
Titmouse reported last week.

Jim Lind found two SHORT-EARED OWLS near Two Harbors on the 11th. One 
was seen 2 miles north and 2 miles west of the junction of Hwy 2 and 
61, and the other was seen 3 miles north and one mile west of Hwy 2 and 
61.

The West Skyline Hawkwatch has had several good days of RED-TAILED HAWK 
flights this week. They also reported seeing TUNDRA SWANS, AMERICAN 
WHITE PELICANS, and SANDHILL CRANES. They reported the first TREE 
SWALLOWS on the 13th. Their raptor count for the spring moved past 
10,000 birds this week.

Late winter birds reported this week include 670 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and 
a NORTHERN SHRIKE at the Hawkwatch, and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS at the 
Hawkwatch and in Aitkin Cty.

Other spring migrants reported for the first time this week include 
COMMON LOON, PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, RED-NECKED GREBE, 
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, WOOD DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN 
FLICKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW,  FOX SPARROW, and 
EASTERN MEADOWLARK.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 22.

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