[mou] Spring birds

[Molly Thompson]

This morning the juncos arrived along with a Red winged blackbird.  My lone male cardinal who was here all winter seems to have found a mate.  Spring is slowing getting here, even if there is still a foot of snow on the ground in places!
Molly Thompson
Normanna Township, north of Duluth


Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:21:35 -0500
To: mou-net at moumn.org
From: jslind at frontiernet.net
Subject: [mou] Duluth RBA 4/3/08



-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*April 3, 2008
*MNDU0804.03


-Birds mentioned

Gadwall
Blue-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Black Scoter
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Northern Harrier
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Bohemian Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Harris's Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Red Crossbill
Hoary Redpoll

-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore

Date: April 3, 2008

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 3rd, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A female-plumaged BLACK SCOTER was found by Kim Eckert on the 2nd behind the WLSSD sewage treatment plant in Duluth, in open water visible from outside the gate at the end of 27th Avenue West. Kim also saw several GREATER SCAUP and a LESSER SCAUP here. Mike Hendrickson saw a migrating GOLDEN EAGLE and two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS on the 3rd in his yard in Smithville.

Jan Green had a HOARY REDPOLL on the 29th at her feeders along the Old North Shore Road near the Sucker River in Lakewood Township, and another individual on the 31st. Sparky Stensaas found a flock of 56 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 1st along Amity Road off the Jean Duluth Road.

Carol Tveekrem had an early YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER on the 3rd in her yard at Schroeder, Cook County. Carol is also still seeing the HARRIS'S SPARROW that has been at her feeders since December.

Shawn Conrad and Earl Orf found an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in Itasca County on the 29th in a spruce bog along CR 128 east of Deer River. They also found RED CROSSBILLS and BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS at Veterans' Park in Grand Rapids, and a RUDDY DUCK on the Prairie River access off of CR B in Grand Rapids.

Other new arrivals over the past week include BLUE-WINGED TEAL and AMERICAN KESTREL on March 30th, COMMON GRACKLE on the 1st, PIED-BILLED GREBE, GREAT BLUE HERON, and NORTHERN HARRIER on the 2nd, and GADWALL and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT on the 3rd.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 10th.

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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