-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *April 16, 2009 *MNDU0904.16 -Birds mentioned Cackling Goose Gadwall Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Canvasback Long-tailed Duck Sharp-tailed Grouse Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Red-shouldered Hawk Greater Yellowlegs Belted Kingfisher Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Fox Sparrow Brown-headed Cowbird -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: April 16, 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, April 16th, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen on the 9th at the West Skyline Hawk Count in Duluth. Two more were seen on the 11th and one was seen on the 14th. Two CACKLING GEESE and eight AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen on the 12th. Fourteen AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen by Mike Hendrickson on the 13th at Boy Scout Landing in Gary-New Duluth. Two LONG-TAILED DUCKS were still present at Agate Bay in Two Harbors on the 16th. Dee Kuder saw ten SHARP-TAILED GROUSE on the 16th north of Chisholm at MN Highway 73 and the Gustafson Road. Wes Bailey saw about 24 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE on the 13th just south of Tamarack in Aitkin County. New arrivals this week include GADWALL, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, CANVASBACK, COMMON LOON, RED-NECKED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, BELTED KINGFISHER, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, HERMIT THRUSH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, FOX SPARROW and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 23rd. 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.