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*April 7, 2005
*MNDU0504.07

-Birds mentioned

• Common Loon
• Horned Grebe
• Red-necked Grebe
• Wood Duck
• Green-winged Teal
• Blue-winged Teal
• Redhead
• Ring-necked Duck
• Greater Scaup
• Lesser Scaup
• Harlequin Duck
• Long-tailed Duck
• White-winged Scoter
• Northern Hawk Owl
• Great Gray Owl
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Northern Flicker
• Tree Swallow
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Hermit Thrush
• Bohemian Waxwing
• Cedar Waxwing
• Savannah Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow
• Evening Grosbeak

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 7, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 728-5030
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
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This is the Duluth Birding Report, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The telephone number of this report will change on around April 14 to 218-834-2858.

Spring migrants poured into Northeastern Minnesota this week. Woodcock are calling, and the Duluth harbor, which is now free of ice, is full of waterfowl.

Sightings reported include COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, and RED-NECKED GREBE today; BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN FLICKER, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, HERMIT THRUSH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, FOX SPARROW and SAVANNAH SPARROW on the 5th; and WOOD DUCK, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK, GREATER SCAUP and LESSER SCAUP on the 2nd. TREE SWALLOWS were seen this week.

GREAT GRAY OWLS are still present by the dozens in Carlton and Aitkin Counties. Rick Schroeder reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL from Stone Lake Rd in Sax-Zim on the 3rd.

Jim Lind found two LONG-TAILED DUCKS on Lake Superior between Brighton Beach and the McQuade Rd today. Tom Auer found a female WHITE-WINGED SCOTER on the 5th. Jan Green found a male HARLEQUIN DUCK in the harbor on the 2nd. Three Harlequins are still present in Grand Marais. A mixed flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and CEDAR WAXWINGS (about 20 of each) was near the jct. of Morgan and Stanford in Duluth Heights today. Cathy Nelson had a flock of over 50 EVENING GROSBEAKS in her yard on Jean Duluth Rd today.

This is my last regular compilation of this report. Jim Lind will take over at 218-834-2858 by April 14th. Thank you to everyone who has made an effort to report sightings to the hotline over these years. Dave Benson

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

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