[mou] Duluth RBA 3/20/08

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*March 20, 2008
*MNDU0803.20

-Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Red-shouldered Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Boreal Chickadee
Varied Thrush
Bohemian Waxwing
Dark-eyed Junco
Hoary Redpoll
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 20, 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, March 20th, 2008
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The SLATY-BACKED GULL that has been reported from the Superior landfill
for the past few months was found by Peder Svingen on the 15th on the
Minnesota side of the Duluth harbor at Interstate Island. Peder also saw
the Slaty-backed on the 14th at the Superior landfill, along with a
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, two ICELAND GULLS, three THAYER'S GULLS, 17
GLAUCOUS GULLS, more than 1000 HERRING GULLS, and the first RING-BILLED
GULLS of the spring season.

Other recent signs of spring include a singing DARK-EYED JUNCO found by
Kim Eckert on the 20th at Chester Bowl in east Duluth, RING-NECKED DUCK,
LESSER SCAUP, and TRUMPETER SWANS on the Mississippi River in Cohasset
on the 15th and a TRUMPETER SWAN at Silver Lake in Virginia on the 20th.
Deb Falkowski found a GLAUCOUS GULL on Silver Lake on the 19th.

Gordy Martinson reported a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK on the 19th along Skyline
Drive at Seven Bridges Road in east Duluth. Jan Green had a HOARY
REDPOLL at her feeders on the 17th along the Old North Shore Road in
Lakewood Township, and a flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS along MN Highway 61
in Lakewood Township on the 13th. Cindy Edwardson also saw a flock on
the 17th at East Arrowhead Road and Vermilion Road in Hunter's Park, and
Sparky Stensaas saw a flock on the same day along MN Highway 23 at the
St. Louis River in Fond du Lac. The VARIED THRUSH and BOREAL CHICKADEE
at a feeder in east Duluth were still present as of the 16th, and those
interested in looking for the birds should call the homeowners
(Christina and Dave) at 218-728-0808.

Warren Nelson and Bill Stauffer relocated the SNOWY OWL over the weekend
in Aitkin County at Highway 210/169 and 370th Lane. They also saw a lek
of 16 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE along CR 16, 0.4 mile south of Tamarack. Dave
Alexander relocated the NORTHERN HAWK OWL in the Sax-Zim Bog on the 15th
along CR 7, at the Sax Road (CR 28). Shawn Zierman saw three AMERICAN
THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS on the 16th along the McDavitt Road (CR 213).

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March
27th.

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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