[mou] Duluth RBA 4/26/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*April 26, 2007
*MNDU0704.26

-Birds mentioned
Long-tailed Duck
American White Pelican
American Bittern
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Bonaparte's Gull
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Purple Martin
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Red Crossbill
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 26, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, April 26th, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Terry Frank had a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER on the 24th at his home two
miles west of Two Harbors. Five LONG-TAILED DUCKS were still present at
Burlington Bay in Two Harbors on the 22nd. A flock of 16 RED CROSSBILLS
continues to be seen at the Mesabi Range College in Virginia.

Peder Svingen saw a flock of 22 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS fly over Enger
Tower on Skyline Drive on the 22nd. Shawn Zierman reported a flock of 30
BONAPARTE'S GULLS at the Morgan Park mudflats on the 22nd, as well as
GREATER YELLOWLEGS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS.

Recent spring arrivals in the area include RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, WINTER
WREN and HERMIT THRUSH on the 20th, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on the 21st,
SAVANNAH SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and SWAMP SPARROW on the 22nd,
SPOTTED SANDPIPER on the 24th, AMERICAN BITTERN on the 25th, and PURPLE
MARTIN and CHIPPING SPARROW on the 26th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, May 3rd.

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 c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us
at mou at moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
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