[mou] Duluth RBA 4/7/05

[David Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report, sponsored by the Minnesota 
Ornithologists' Union.

The telephone number of this report will change on around April 14 to 
218-834-2858.

Spring migrants poured into Northeastern Minnesota this week. Woodcock 
are calling, and the Duluth harbor, which is now free of ice, is full 
of waterfowl.

Sightings reported include COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, and RED-NECKED 
GREBE today; BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN FLICKER, YELLOW-BELLIED 
SAPSUCKER, HERMIT THRUSH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, FOX SPARROW and 
SAVANNAH SPARROW on the 5th; and WOOD DUCK, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, REDHEAD, 
RING-NECKED DUCK, GREATER SCAUP and LESSER SCAUP on the 2nd. TREE 
SWALLOWS were seen this week.

GREAT GRAY OWLS are still present by the dozens in Carlton and Aitkin 
Counties. Rick Schroeder reported a NORTHERN HAWK-OWL from Stone Lake 
Rd in Sax-Zim on the 3rd.

Jim Lind found two LONG-TAILED DUCKS on Lake Superior between Brighton 
Beach and the McQuade Rd today. Tom Auer found a female WHITE-WINGED 
SCOTER on the 5th. Jan Green found a male HARLEQUIN DUCK in the harbor 
on the 2nd. Three Harlequins are still present in Grand Marais. A mixed 
flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and CEDAR WAXWINGS (about 20 of each) was 
near the jct. of Morgan and Stanford in Duluth Heights today. Cathy 
Nelson had a flock of over 50 EVENING GROSBEAKS in her yard on Jean 
Duluth Rd today.

This is my last regular compilation of this report. Jim Lind will take 
over at 218-834-2858 by April 14th. Thank you to everyone who has made 
an effort to report sightings to the hotline over these years. Dave 
Benson

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