Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
Minnesota Duluth/North Shore RBA
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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *April 5, 2007 *MNDU0704.05-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 5, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, April 5th, 2007 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A female VARIED THRUSH was found by Chris Mansfield on the 4th at her feeders along 21st Avenue East, between Jefferson and Greysolon Street. It was still present today, and was also reported from another feeder on the same block.
Denny and Barb Martin found an adult GLAUCOUS GULL at Canal Park in Duluth on the 1st, and a COMMON LOON off Park Point. They reported many waterfowl in the harbor including GREEN-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, GREATER SCAUP, and more than 150 CANVASBACK. They also relocated the NORTHERN HAWK OWL along the Rice Lake Road (CR 4), 0.25 mile north of the Martin Road (CR 9).
Warren Nelson and others saw a pair of LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES on the 1st along Aitkin County Road 1, about 9 miles north of the Mississippi River bridge. They also saw a SHORT-EARED OWL in the same area. At the rice paddies along CR 1 were 2000 to 3000 TUNDRA SWANS, CACKLING GEESE, 14 species of ducks, several SANDHILL CRANES, and EASTERN MEADOWLARKS.
Other recent arrivals in the area include REDHEAD on the 31st and FOX SPARROW on the 2nd.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 12th.
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