-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *April 13, 2013 *MNDU1304.13 -Birds mentioned Long-tailed Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Eared Grebe Osprey Osprey Northern Harrier American Coot Sandhill Crane Killdeer Yellow-bellied Sapsucker American Kestrel Hermit Thrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Fox Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: April 13, 2013 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind ([email protected]) This is the Duluth Birding Report for April 13th, 2013 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Two EARED GREBES were found by Shawn Conrad and Earl Orf on the 12th in Itasca County at the Grand Rapids wastewater treatment plant. The overwintering male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was relocated on the 7th by Peder Svingen at 19th Street on Park Point. LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen on the 13th at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors. An AUDUBON'S YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen on the 13th in Two Harbors at 4th Avenue and 2nd Street. Other recent spring arrivals in the past week include NORTHERN HARRIER, OSPREY, AMERICAN COOT, KILLDEER, SANDHILL CRANE, AMERICAN KESTREL, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, HERMIT THRUSH, FOX SPARROW, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, COMMON GRACKLE, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 18th. 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 [email protected], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

