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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *April 20, 2005 *MNDU0504.20 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 20, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
Transcriber: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Wednesday, April 20th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The exceptional sightings from Aitkin County continued this week with the discovery of a GLOSSY IBIS by Steve and Jo Blanich on the 19th. >From Minnesota Highway 210 on the west side of the town of Aitkin, go north on 7th Avenue NW for three blocks, then turn west and go about 2.4 to 2.6 miles on County Road 15 to the flooded fields on the north side of the road. The bird was seen by several observers throughout the day.
At the same location, a GREAT EGRET was also seen today, and a CATTLE EGRET and a flock of 41 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were here on the 16th. A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found today along County Road 15 about two miles west of the ibis location, with a mixed flock of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS.
A LONG-BILLED CURLEW was found west of McGregor in Aitkin County on the 16th by Kim and Cindy Risen and Warren Nelson. It was last seen on the 18th on the west side of County Road 5, about 7/10 of a mile north of Minnesota Highway 210.
A EURASIAN TREE SPARROW was seen in Schroeder, Cook County on the 16th by Carol Tveekrem, although the bird has not been relocated.
New spring arrivals seen recently in the area include BROAD-WINGED HAWK and CHIPPING SPARROW on the 16th, AMERICAN BITTERN on the 17th, BONAPARTE'S GULL, PURPLE MARTIN and VESPER SPARROW on the 18th, and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW and BREWER'S BLACKBIRD today.
A flock of 63 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS was seen at the West Skyline Hawk Count on the 16th, as well as a GOLDEN EAGLE today. A flock of 30 LONG-TAILED DUCKS was seen in Two Harbors on 16th, and a flock of 12 on the 19th at Flood Bay. The HARLEQUIN DUCK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER in the Duluth harbor were still present as of April 14th near the Park Point rowing club. EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in the Pequaywan Bog on St. Louis County Road 44 on the 15th.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 28.
The new telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834- 2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded 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 to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.
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