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*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*March 23, 2006
*MNDU0603.23

-Birds mentioned

• Northern Goshawk
• Golden Eagle
• Killdeer
• Black-backed Woodpecker
• Common Redpoll

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 23, 2006
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 Thursday, March 23rd, 2006, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Carol Tveekrem saw a KILLDEER at the Cross River on the north Shore on the 18th.

Jim Caddy found a female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER along the McDavitt Rd, four miles south of the Zim Rd, and a NORTHERN GOSHAWK on the McDavitt Rd, one mile south of the Zim Rd, both on the 16th. Derek Bakken saw flocks of COMMON REDPOLLS still in the area last weekend.

Dave Carman has counted 453 raptors so far this month at the West Skyline Hawk Count in West Duluth, including flights of 110 on the 21st and 107 on the 22nd. He saw 3 GOLDEN EAGLES on each of those days.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, March 30th.

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

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