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*April 2, 2003
*MNDU0304.02

-Birds mentioned

• Common Loon
• Pied-billed Grebe
• Long-tailed Duck
• Peregrine Falcon
• Northern Hawk Owl
• Long-eared Owl
• Field Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow
• Song Sparrow
• Rusty Blackbird

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 2, 2003
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 728-5030
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Wednesday, April 2, 2003, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A NORTHERN HAWK OWL was seen last weekend on the Gunflint Trail between the Seagull Guard Station and the second time the Seagull Creek crosses the Gunflint Trail, about a quarter mile beyond the Guard Station, on the west side of the road.

44 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were at Stony Point on April 1. LONG-EARED OWLS were found roosting near the lake at Park Point Recreation Area on the 30th. A possible FIELD SPARROW was reported from near the bus turnaround on the 31st. There was a RUSTY BLACKBIRD at Dave Krikorian's feeder near Oberg Mountain in Cook County. An anatum subspecies PEREGRINE FALCON was at Taconite Harbor on the 2nd.

New migrants reported this week in the Duluth area include COMMON LOON on April 1, PIED-BILLED GREBE on March 30, FOX SPARROW on the 30th, and SONG SPARROW on the 30th.

Thanks to Kim Eckert, Jan Green, Mike Hendrickson,Dave Krikorian, Jim Lind, Sue McDonnell,Gordy Martinson, and Jeff Newman for their contributions to this report.

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

The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 728-5030, and callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of each tape.

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@cbs.umn.edu; or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.

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