[mou] Backyard birding in Duluth....

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4/8/08, Came home this AM after a long nights work and discovered a  
yellowbellied sapsucker on the maple tree in my backyard.  I had long  considered 
cutting this tree down as it is old and will probably come down on  it's own soon. 
 But today, sap was running near the trunk of the tree and  the sapsucker 
loved it.  For approx. 5 hours the sapsucker fed on the  sap.  At one point 
another yellowbellied sapsucker came in and there was a  little interaction between 
the two.  While transfixed on this bird for  hours, as it rarely left the 
spot on the tree that the sap flowed from, a flock  of at least 50 common 
redpolls came into my backyard and set down on the same  tree for about 1minute then 
took off.  An hour later, I heard and saw a  flock of at least 30 tundra swans 
fly over my house calling as they went.   These sightings were significant to 
me primarily because all three species were  new yard birds:)  Also seen in 
my Duluth neighborhood this week- two great  blue herons, two trumpeter swans, 
a ruby crowned kinglet, and one northern  harrier.
Good Birding, Shawn Zierman, Duluth, MN.



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