-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*March 19, 2009
*MNDU0903.19

-Birds mentioned
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Long-tailed Duck
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Golden Eagle
American Woodcock
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Snowy Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Eastern Bluebird
Red-winged Blackbird
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 19, 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 19th, 2009
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH was reported on the 17th at a home two miles
north of Twig, but it has not been reported since. Shawn Conrad found a
pair of EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES in Grand Rapids on the 13th at the
corner of 4th Avenue NW and 6th Street NW. Shawn reports that this is
far from the original three Collared-Doves that are still present along
Ha-Car Drive.

Sam Ives saw a SNOWY OWL on the 13th on the lake ice out from the Sky
Harbor Airport on Park Point. A flock of 15 LONG-TAILED DUCKS was seen
on the 18th at Agate Bay in Two Harbors.

Karl Bardon and others counted 14 GOLDEN EAGLES at the West Skyline Hawk
Count on the 13th, and 330 BALD EAGLES on the 14th. The first NORTHERN
HARRIER of the season was seen on the 16th, as well as a RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRD.

Deb Falkowski saw two GREEN-WINGED TEAL and a GADWALL on the 12th at
Silver Lake in Virginia. Kim Eckert and Barb Akre saw a TURKEY VULTURE
and PIED-BILLED GREBE on the 17th in Duluth. Sparky Stensaas found
AMERICAN WOODCOCK and EASTERN BLUEBIRD in Carlton County on the 18th,
and a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL on the 16th. He also saw a WILD TURKEY on
the 14th one mile north of Wrenshall on CR 1.

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

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.