-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*March 13, 2009
*MNDU0903.13

-Birds mentioned
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Iceland Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Northern Hawk Owl
Boreal Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Bohemian Waxwing
Hoary Redpoll
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 13, 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, March 12th, 2009
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

An impressive flock of 232 LONG-TAILED DUCKS was found by Peder Svingen
on the 6th at Stoney Point. Small groups of Long-tails have also been
seen among the shifting ice between Two Harbors and Duluth during the
past week. Peder relocated the male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE on the 6th and
the 8th at the Superior Entry at Wisconsin Point. Peder also relocated
the forth-cycle GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL and the first-cycle ICELAND GULL
at Canal Park over the weekend. He reported the season’s first TRUMPETER
SWAN at Canal Park on the 9th, and the first CANADA GOOSE on the 8th.

The Western Skyline Hawk Count began on the 1st of March, and a few
spring migrants are beginning to trickle in. Karl Bardon saw a COOPER'S
HAWK on the 6th, and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and 59 BALD EAGLES on the 7th.
A flock of 40-50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS has been seen for the past week along
the West Knife River Road (CR 231), about a half mile west of the
Homestead Road (CR 42) in Duluth Township. Gordy Martinson has recently
had a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and a HOARY REDPOLL at his feeders in
Lakewood Township near Oak and Maxwell Street.

Shawn Conrad and Don Brown watched a BOREAL OWL on the 6th at the yard
of Gine Meissner near Grand Marais in Cook County. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL
that was reported along MN Highway 61 at Knife River for several weeks
was found dead on the 8th. Bill Stjern relocated the NORTHERN HAWK OWL
along Highway 61 in Silver Bay on the 8th at the AmericInn.

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

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.