-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *April 22, 2016 *MNDU1604.22 -Birds mentioned Greater White-fronted Goose Harlequin Duck Long-tailed Duck Red-throated Loon Great Egret Broad-winged Hawk American Coot Solitary Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Bonaparte's Gull Townsend's Solitaire Brown Thrasher Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Brown-headed Cowbird -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: April 22, 2016 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask]) This is the Duluth Birding Report for April 22nd, 2016 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at 44th Avenue East and Regent Street in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth is still being seen daily. Birders are welcome to look for the bird but the homeowner asks observers to stay on the sidewalk and not venture into his yard. Gordy Martinson reported an EASTERN TOWHEE on the 21st in his yard in Lakewood Township. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen on the 19th on the west side of Knife Island near the Knife River marina. This is probably the same bird seen here on March 30th and in Two Harbors in late February. At least twelve LONG-TAILED DUCKS were still present on the 19th at Agate Bay in Two Harbors. A VESPER SPARROW was seen on Lighthouse Point on the 16th. Jane Johnson saw a GREAT EGRET on the 19th in Tofte in Cook County. David Brislance relocated the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE at Grand Marais near the East Bay Suites on the 17th. Lars Benson saw a RED-THROATED LOON on the 22nd at Park Point near the Sky Harbor Airport. Clinton Nienhaus and others saw four GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE fly by Enger Tower in west Duluth on the 15th. Recent new arrivals in the area include AMERICAN COOT, BROWN THRASHER, CHIPPING SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD on the 15th, BROAD-WINGED HAWK and SWAMP SPARROW on the 16th, PINE WARBLER on the 19th, SOLITARY SANDPIPER and PALM WARBLER on the 21st, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS and BONAPARTE'S GULL on the 22nd. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 28th. This report is compiled from MOU-net postings, local eBird checklists, various Facebook group pages (some of which may require joining), and personal contacts. Please follow the links below for the most up-to-date information: MOU-net: http:[log in to unmask] eBird: http://ebird.org/ebird/places Facebook group pages: Minnesota Ornithologists Union: https://www.facebook.com/groups/moumn.group/ Minnesota Birding: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mnbirding/ Minnesota Rare Bird Alert: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1570731239835376/ Northeast Minnesota Birding: https://www.facebook.com/groups/177159692431348/ Sax-Zim Bog: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saxzimbog/ Duluth Phenology: https://www.facebook.com/groups/duluthphenology/ 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.