[mou] Duluth RBA 3/11/04

[David Benson]

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This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 11, 2004, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Peg Robertsen found a HOARY REDPOLL with a flock of ten COMMON REDPOLLS 
at the city park in Tofte on the 5th. The GYRFALCON in Superior, 
Wisconsin was seen again as recently as the 7th.

GREAT GRAY OWLS were seen as recently as March 8th near the jct of Cty 
Rd 18 and Pietz's Rd in Aitkin Cty. The SNOWY OWL on Aitkin Cty Rd 1, 
about a mile north of the diversion channel (5.5 miles north of the 
Mississippi River bridge) was also seen on the 7th. A flock of 150 
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen in the town of Crosby on the 6th. Craig 
Mandel found a LONG-EARED OWL on Cty Rd 18, 1.7 miles east of the jct 
with Hwy 169.

Jane Hosking saw a SNOWY OWL at Leif Erickson Park in Duluth on the 
evening of the 7th, but the bird was not relocated the next day.

Chad Aakre reported seeing the ICELAND GULL in Two Harbors on the 7th, 
along with three LONG-TAILED DUCKS in Agate Bay on the same day.

Spring migrants reported for the first time in northeastern Minnesota 
this week include HORNED LARK, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, and COMMON 
GRACKLE. The West Skyline Hawk Count has begun; yesterday 130 BALD 
EAGLES (mostly adults) were counted before the rain began.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Wednesday, March 17.

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 mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.
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<bigger>This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 11,
2004, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.


Peg Robertsen found a HOARY REDPOLL with a flock of ten COMMON
REDPOLLS at the city park in Tofte on the 5th. The GYRFALCON in
Superior, Wisconsin was seen again as recently as the 7th.


GREAT GRAY OWLS were seen as recently as March 8th near the jct of Cty
Rd 18 and Pietz's Rd in Aitkin Cty. The SNOWY OWL on Aitkin Cty Rd 1,
about a mile north of the diversion channel (5.5 miles north of the
Mississippi River bridge) was also seen on the 7th. A flock of 150
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen in the town of Crosby on the 6th. Craig
Mandel found a LONG-EARED OWL on Cty Rd 18, 1.7 miles east of the jct
with Hwy 169.


Jane Hosking saw a SNOWY OWL at Leif Erickson Park in Duluth on the
evening of the 7th, but the bird was not relocated the next day.


Chad Aakre reported seeing the ICELAND GULL in Two Harbors on the 7th,
along with three LONG-TAILED DUCKS in Agate Bay on the same day.


Spring migrants reported for the first time in northeastern Minnesota
this week include HORNED LARK, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, and COMMON
GRACKLE. The West Skyline Hawk Count has begun; yesterday 130 BALD
EAGLES (mostly adults) were counted before the rain began.</bigger>


<bigger>The next scheduled update of this report will be on Wednesday,
March 17.


<bold>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 mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.</bold></bigger>
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