-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*March 26, 2015
*MNDU1503.26

-Birds mentioned
Common Eider
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Sandhill Crane
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
American Kestrel
Gyrfalcon
Bohemian Waxwing
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: March 26, 2015
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for March 26th, 2015 sponsored by the
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was relocated on the 25th by homeowners Jeff
and Lois Newman at their home at 44th Avenue East and Regent Street in
Duluth. This is the first report I'm aware of since March 9th. Birders
are still welcome to look for the bird but the homeowners ask that
observers stand by the corner of the front porch and not in the yard.

The COMMON EIDER present in the Duluth/Superior area since November was
seen as recently as the 23rd at the Barker's Island bridge in Superior,
Wisconsin. Two adult GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS and ten GLAUCOUS GULLS
were seen by Clinton Nienhaus on the 26th at the Superior Landfill. As
far as I know, the GYRFALCON in Superior has not been reported since
March 14th.

Richard Hoeg photographed a hybrid HOODED MERGANSER X COMMON GOLDENEYE
at the dam at the outlet of Wild Rice Lake, north of Duluth. Sparky
Stensaas saw 70 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on the 20th on Carlton County Road 1
on the south side of Wrenshall.

A LONG-TAILED DUCK was seen on the 21st on the east side of Grand
Marais. A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on the 24th along Scenic Highway 61 a
mile west of Two Harbors.

Recent new arrivals in the area include RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD on the
19th, AMERICAN KESTREL on the 21st, and COMMON GRACKLE on the 21st.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on April 2nd.

Information about bird sightings may be sent to the Duluth Rare Bird
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Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more
information on the MOU, write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at
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