[mou] Duluth RBA March 23, 2006

[drbenson@cpinternet.com]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 23rd,
2006, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Carol Tveekrem saw a KILLDEER at the Cross River on the
north Shore on the 18th.

Jim Caddy found a female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER along the
McDavitt Rd, four miles south of the Zim Rd, and a NORTHERN
GOSHAWK on the McDavitt Rd, one mile south of the Zim Rd,
both on the 16th. Derek Bakken saw flocks of COMMON REDPOLLS
still in the area last weekend.

Dave Carman has counted 453 raptors so far this month at the
West Skyline Hawk Count in West Duluth, including flights of
110 on the 21st and 107 on the 22nd. He saw 3 GOLDEN EAGLES
on each of those days.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on
Thursday, March 30th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is
218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left
following the recorded message.

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