[mou] Duluth RBA 4/22/04

[David Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, April 22, 2004, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Yesterday Tom Auer saw two breeding plumage RED-THROATED LOONS. The 
birds were seen on Lake Superior from the observation deck nearest the 
airport on Minnesota Point.

Nancy Jackson reported six WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS from Hoyt Lakes on the 
21st. Jim Barrett reported the first GREATER YELLOWLEGS (9 birds) on 
the 16th. There are still BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and COMMON REDPOLLS in 
Duluth in small numbers. Gordy Martinson reports that WOOD DUCKS have 
begun laying eggs. Frank Nicoletti reported two SWAINSON'S HAWKS on the 
19th at the West Skyline Hawkwatch. A group of at least 21 AMERICAN 
WHITE PELICANS was reported from several places around Duluth this 
week.

New migrants reported this week include HERMIT THRUSH, CHIPPING 
SPARROW, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 29.

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 to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.