MOU-RBA Archives

April 2009

MOU-RBA@LISTS.UMN.EDU

Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show HTML Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Mime-Version:
1.0
Sender:
Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:
From:
Jim Lind <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:37:05 -0600
Content-Type:
multipart/alternative; boundary="====1239935825===="
Reply-To:
Rare Bird Alert <[log in to unmask]>
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (2133 bytes) , text/html (2937 bytes)
-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*April 16, 2009
*MNDU0904.16

-Birds mentioned
Cackling Goose
Gadwall
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Long-tailed Duck
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-shouldered Hawk
Greater Yellowlegs
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Fox Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 16, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, April 16th, 2009
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on the 9th at the West Skyline Hawk Count
in Duluth. Two more were seen on the 11th and one was seen on the 14th.
Two CACKLING GEESE and eight AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen on the
12th.

Fourteen AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen by Mike Hendrickson on the
13th at Boy Scout Landing in Gary-New Duluth. Two LONG-TAILED DUCKS were
still present at Agate Bay in Two Harbors on the 16th.

Dee Kuder saw ten SHARP-TAILED GROUSE on the 16th north of Chisholm at
MN Highway 73 and the Gustafson Road. Wes Bailey saw about 24
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE on the 13th just south of Tamarack in Aitkin County.

New arrivals this week include GADWALL, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN
SHOVELER, CANVASBACK, COMMON LOON, RED-NECKED GREBE, HORNED GREBE,
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, BELTED KINGFISHER,
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, HERMIT THRUSH,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, FOX SPARROW and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April
23rd.

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, e-mail us
at [log in to unmask], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.


ATOM RSS1 RSS2