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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*March 12, 2015
*MNDU1503.12

-Birds mentioned
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Common Eider
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Ring-billed Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Gyrfalcon
Townsend's Solitaire
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Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 12, 2015
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for March 12th, 2015 sponsored by the
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen on the 12th in Duluth Township along the
West Knife River Road (CR 231), 0.7 mile west of the northern end of the
Homestead Road (CR 42). A first-cycle ICELAND GULL and a first-cycle
THAYER’S GULL were seen on the 10th on Knife Island in Knife River.

The COMMON EIDER present in the Duluth/Superior area since November was
relocated by Peder Svingen on the 8th at the Barker's Island bridge in
Superior, after not being reported from the area for the previous three
weeks. Three NORTHERN PINTAILS and more than 470 MALLARDS were also
present on the 8th.

Also in Superior, an adult gray-phase GYRFALCON has been seen as
recently as the 8th at the Peavey grain elevators along Connor's Point
Road off US Highway 53, about a half mile east of the Blatnik Bridge.
Birders are reminded to remain on Connor’s Point Road and not trespass
on private property in the area. Joshua Christian saw a LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL, five adult GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, TWO ICELAND
GULLS, three THAYER’S GULLS, and 10 GLAUCOUS GULLS on the 7th at the
Superior Landfill.

With the warm weather during the past week there have been several early
arrivals in the area. Jan Green heard a SAW-WHET OWL singing on the 6th
along the Old North Shore Road in Duluth Township, and she saw a TURKEY
VULTURE on the 10th along Highway 61 at the Sucker River. Sparky
Stensaas saw two TRUMPETER SWANS on the 9th just south of Floodwood.
Peder Svingen reported the first RING-BILLED GULLS of the season on the
10th at Interstate Island in the Duluth Harbor. Nate Popkin saw two
CANADA GEESE on the 10th at the Cloquet River on the Munger Shaw Road
(CR 15) north of Duluth. Abbie Valine reported the first NORTHERN
HARRIER of the season on the 10th in Carlton County.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on March 19th.

Information about bird sightings may be sent to the Duluth Rare Bird
Alert at [log in to unmask]

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, write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at
[log in to unmask], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.


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