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