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 19, 2007 *MNDU0704.19-Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 19, 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 19th, 2007 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A EURASIAN TREE SPARROW was photographed by Anne and Allan Bier at their home in Virginia on the 15th, but it has not been seen since. Deb Buria-Falkowski reported an adult and first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL on the 12th on Bailey's Lake in Virginia. Deb also had four RED CROSSBILLS on the 19th at the Mesabi Range campus in Virginia.
Shawn Zierman relocated the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE on the 13th and 14th in Duluth at the Park Point recreational area, just north of the playground. He also found a flock of about 100 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in the area. At least 25 were still present on the 16th. Jan Green saw a flock of 25 at the Duluth Civic Center on the 17th.
Dave Carman and others saw a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and an early BROAD-WINGED HAWK fly over the West Skyline Hawk Count site below Enger Tower on the 14th. They also saw 12 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 15th.
Three LONG-TAILED DUCKS were still present at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors on the 17th. A few GRAY JAYS are still being seen at feeders along the North Shore in St. Louis, Lake, and Cook counties. SANDHILL CRANES were reported from several locations in St. Louis County during the past week.
WILD TURKEYS were reported during the past two weeks at feeders in Duluth's upper Woodland neighborhood, Fern Avenue near St. Scholastica, and in Lakewood Township. Although the species is expanding northward in the state, there is a good chance these are escaped or released birds.
Recent spring arrivals in the area include TREE SWALLOW and HERMIT THRUSH on the 14th, and WILSON'S SNIPE on the 17th.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 26th.
The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.
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