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*April 15, 2004
*MNDU0404.15

-Birds mentioned

• Common Loon
• Pied-billed Grebe
• Horned Grebe
• Red-necked Grebe
• American White Pelican
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Tundra Swan
• Wood Duck
• Blue-winged Teal
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Rough-legged Hawk
• Sandhill Crane
• Short-eared Owl
• Northern Flicker
• Eastern Phoebe
• Tree Swallow
• Bohemian Waxwing
• Northern Shrike
• American Tree Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow
• Eastern Meadowlark

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 15, 2004
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 April 15, 2004, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Spring migration is picking up in quantity, but nothing unexpected has turned up this week. To my knowledge, no one refound the Tufted Titmouse reported last week.

Jim Lind found two SHORT-EARED OWLS near Two Harbors on the 11th. One was seen 2 miles north and 2 miles west of the junction of Hwy 2 and 61, and the other was seen 3 miles north and one mile west of Hwy 2 and 61.

The West Skyline Hawkwatch has had several good days of RED-TAILED HAWK flights this week. They also reported seeing TUNDRA SWANS, AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, and SANDHILL CRANES. They reported the first TREE SWALLOWS on the 13th. Their raptor count for the spring moved past 10,000 birds this week.

Late winter birds reported this week include 670 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and a NORTHERN SHRIKE at the Hawkwatch, and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS at the Hawkwatch and in Aitkin Cty.

Other spring migrants reported for the first time this week include COMMON LOON, PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, RED-NECKED GREBE, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, WOOD DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, and EASTERN MEADOWLARK.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 22.

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

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