-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 Alert at [log in to unmask] 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 [log in to unmask], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.