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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *March 21, 2002 *MNDU0203.21 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 21, 2002
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, March 21, 2002, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The RING-BILLED GULLS have returned to Duluth. The earliest report was on the 15th.
A HERMIT THRUSH has been overwintering at a feeder in the central hillside of Duluth. If you are interested in seeing the bird, e-mail me directly for information. Gordy Martinson reported BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in his yard in Lakewood Township today, and he and others reported an increase in AMERICAN GOLDFINCH this week. Waxwings have also been seen in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth and up the North Shore. Last week, an estimated 5,000 Bohemian Waxwings were reported in Grand Marais, but they left once they had cleaned out all the berries.
On the 17th Peder Svingen reported a HOODED MERGANSER on Lake Superior off of Fitgers, and he saw the three WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS in the same location. There were still 17 GLAUCOUS GULL and 5 THAYER'S GULL at the Superior Landfill on Saturday. Late last week, Jim Lind reported both a THAYER'S GULL and a GLAUCOUS GULL at Knife River.
Ben Yokel and Karen Sussman reported a GREAT GRAY OWL on the 17th in the Sax-Zim area. The bird was perched on a pole along Cty Rd 7, 2 miles north of 28 (Sax Rd).
The West Skyline Hawk Watch tallied 660 raptors from February 17 through March 18, including 571 BALD EAGLES, 41 GOLDEN EAGLES, and seven other species.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 28. The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 525-5952, and callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of each tape. Messages can also be left without having to wait for the report to end: to do this, after the tape starts playing push 5, the tape will stop, the tone will sound, and you can then leave your 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 of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455; or send an e-mail to mou@biosci.umn.edu; or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.
