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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *April 14, 2005 *MNDU0504.14 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 14, 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 Thursday, April 14, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
I'm Jim Lind, the new compiler, and the telephone number for this report has changed to 218-834-2858.
Although persistent east winds off Lake Superior seem to have slowed migration along the North Shore recently, there were still a few new spring arrivals seen over the past week. These include WHITE- THROATED SPARROW today, OSPREY on the 12th, CANVASBACK on the 10th, and TUNDRA SWAN, EASTERN PHOEBE, WINTER WREN, and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD on the 9th.
Audrey Evers reported a ROSS'S GOOSE today at Fisherman's Point on Whitewater Lake near Hoyt Lakes. Jim and Carol Tveekrum found and out-of-range BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE on the Sawbill Trail in Cook County on the 8th.
The HARLEQUIN DUCK in the Duluth harbor was still present as of April 10th near the Park Point rowing club, and the three Harlequins in the Grand Marais harbor were still present as of the 8th. On the 13th, Tom Auer counted 300-400 RED-NECKED GREBES on Lake Superior at Park Point and Jim Barrett saw more than 1,000 LESSER SCAUP at Spirit Lake on the St. Louis River.
Small flocks of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS are still being seen around Duluth, including the Lakeside neighborhood near 56th Avenue East. A BLACK- BACKED WOODPECKER was again found along the McDavitt Road in Sax-Zim over the weekend. A flock of seven EVENING GROSBEAKS was seen in downtown Two Harbors on the 13th.
GREAT GRAY OWLS are still present in good numbers in Carlton, Pine, and Aitkin counties. NORTHERN HAWK OWLS appear to be paired up in a few locations, and at least one nest has been found very close to a road. Birders who locate this or other potential nest sites are encouraged to minimize disturbance and are asked not to disclose the exact location to any listserve.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 21.
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 c/o the Bell Museum to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.
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