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*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*April 11, 2002
*MNDU0204.11

-Birds mentioned

• Pied-billed Grebe
• Tundra Swan
• Wood Duck
• Green-winged Teal
• Blue-winged Teal
• Northern Shoveler
• Ring-necked Duck
• Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's)
• Sandhill Crane
• Glaucous Gull
• Snowy Owl
• Barred Owl
• Short-eared Owl
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Bohemian Waxwing
• Western Meadowlark
• Common Redpoll
• HOARY REDPOLL

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 11, 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, April 11, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Mike Hendrickson reported that TUNDRA SWANS, at least 50, are back on the St. Louis River in the Gary/New Duluth area. Scott Wolfe had a WESTERN MEADOWLARK at his feeder on the 7th. RING-NECKED DUCKS were seen on the 6th. Other newly-reported migrants include PIED-BILLED GREBE, WOOD DUCK, NORTHERN SHOVELER, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, all on the 7th.

Chris Mansfield reported SHORT-EARED OWL at the airport at Park Point on the 7th. She also spotted a single GLAUCOUS GULL on the ice near the DECC. A SNOWY OWL was still present this week in Aitkin County, six miles north of the town of Aitkin on Cty Rd. 1. Frank and Kate Nicoletti reported 350 COMMON REDPOLLS and 4 HOARY REDPOLLS at their feeders. There are still flocks of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS moving around Duluth.

Suzanne Gucciardo reported a SANDHILL CRANE from Grand Portage on the 8th. Karen Sussman has a BARRED OWL in her yard in Britt.

Among many other birds, the counters at the West Skyline Hawkwatch spotted an adult Harlan's RED-TAILED HAWK on the 7th. They counted over 500 Red-tails on both Saturday and Sunday.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 18. 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.

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