-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*April 20, 2012
*MNDU1204.20

-Birds mentioned
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Red-throated Loon
American White Pelican
American Coot
Lesser Yellowlegs
Thayer's Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Brown Thrasher
Bohemian Waxwing
Swamp Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 20, 2012
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for April 20th, 2012 sponsored by the
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

An adult GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was seen and photographed at a private
residence in Fredenberg Township north of Duluth on the 19th. If
arrangements for visitors to look for the bird can be made, I will pass
that information along. This would be the 8th record for Minnesota and
3rd for St. Louis County.

Jan and Larry Kraemer saw 8 RED-THROATED LOONS fly by the mouth of the
Lester River in east Duluth on the 18th and an adult male WHITE-WINGED
SCOTER on the 19th at the bus turnaround at the Park Point Recreation
Area. Five BLACK SCOTERS were seen on the 17th at the bus turnaround and
two were seen near 28th Street on the 19th. The Kraemers saw a flock of
23 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 14th at Indian Point in west Duluth.
Peder Svingen counted more than 1,600 GREATER SCAUP and 500 LESSER SCAUP
on the 15th in the Duluth Harbor at Park Point.

Mike Hendrickson saw a THAYER'S GULL and a GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on
the 18th at the Duluth Rowing Club on Park Point. Mike also saw a late
flock of 25 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 19th at Woodridge Circle in the
Kenwood neighborhood of Duluth.

New arrivals in the area during the past week include LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
AMERICAN COOT, BROWN THRASHER, and SWAMP SPARROW.

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