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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*April 14, 2011
*MNDU1104.14

-Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Ruddy Duck
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Osprey
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Greater Yellowlegs
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Bohemian Waxwing
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
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Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 14, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for April 14th, 2011 sponsored by the
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was found on the 8th by Peder Svingen on the
harbor side of the Park Point Recreation Area in Duluth. The two
HARLEQUIN DUCKS in Silver Bay were relocated by Bob Myers on the 13th at
the beach southwest of the AmericInn and just east of the Northshore
Mining plant.

Four LONG-TAILED DUCKS were still present at Burlington Bay in Two
Harbors on the 12th. Nancy Jackson found a RUDDY DUCK in Two Harbors on
the 9th at Burlington Bay. Uwe Kausch saw two SANDHILL CRANES at the end
of the Wildwood Road, one mile west of the Homestead Road in Duluth
Township.

Dudley Edmonson reported a flock of more than 1000 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on
the 10th in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth. The flock was up to
2,300 later in the day when it was relocated by Peder Svingen and Mathew
Sorensen, making this the largest flock reported in the state since the
late 1990's.

New arrivals in the area during the past week include SNOW GOOSE,
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN PINTAIL, CANVASBACK, LESSER SCAUP, GREATER
SCAUP, REDHEAD, COMMON LOON, RED-NECKED GREBE, HORNED GREBE,
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, OSPREY, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, AMERICAN COOT,
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN
PHOEBE, WINTER WREN, HERMIT THRUSH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, BREWER'S
BLACKBIRD, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April
21st.

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.


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