-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*April 2, 2015
*MNDU1504.02

-Birds mentioned
Wood Duck
Hooded Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Eastern Bluebird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 2, 2015
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for April 2nd, 2015 sponsored by the
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Clinton Nienhaus and JG Bennett saw an ICELAND GULL, three GREAT
BLACK-BACKED GULLS and nine GLAUCOUS GULLS on the 28th at the Superior
Landfill. They also saw a THAYER'S GULL and five other GLAUCOUS GULLS on
Allouez Bay in Superior. Clinton saw a GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on the
28th at Interstate Island.

Recent new arrivals in the area include HOODED MERGANSER, AMERICAN
WOODCOCK, and WILSON'S SNIPE on the 30th, WOOD DUCK on the 31st,
KILLDEER and EASTERN BLUEBIRD on the 1st, and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
on the 2nd.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on April 8th.

Information about bird sightings may be sent to the Duluth Rare Bird
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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, write us c/o the Bell Museum, e-mail us at
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