Hi Jim-I'm excited to report a new backyard bird for me....a Vesper's Sparrow. I've had two since yesterday afternoon. I've have many opportunities to study them and I even finally saw the chesnut lesser coverts on one. I hadn't seen this bird mentioned yet for spring returnees so that's why I'm sending you this observation. Hope you're having a good spring. Cindy Edwardson
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Jim Lind <[email protected]> wrote: > -RBA > *Minnesota > *Duluth/North Shore > *April 23, 2009 > *MNDU0904.23 > > > -Birds mentioned > > - American White Pelican > - Broad-winged Hawk > - American Coot > - Sandhill Crane > - Lesser Yellowlegs > - Thayer's Gull > - Iceland Gull > - Glaucous Gull > - Great Black-backed Gull > - Short-eared Owl > - Red-bellied Woodpecker > - Loggerhead Shrike > - Bohemian Waxwing > - Yellow-rumped Warbler > - Savannah Sparrow > - White-crowned Sparrow > - Brewer's Blackbird > > -Transcript > > *Hotline:* Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore > *Date:* April 23, 2009 > *Sponsor:* Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) > *Reports:* (218) 834-2858 > *Compiler:* Jim Lind ([email protected]) > > This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 sponsored > by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. > > A *LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE* was seen briefly in Two Harbors on the 20th at the > ball field along CR 2, two blocks north of Highway 61. Single *SHORT-EARED > OWLS* were seen on the 17th along Lake County Road 12, 0.8 mile west of CR > 2, and along the Stanley Road (CR 9) three miles west of MN Highway 61. > Another *SHORT-EARED OWL* was seen on the 19th along CR 14, about five > miles west of CR 2 at the railroad crossing. > > Frank Nicoletti saw a *SHORT-EARED OWL* fly in off Lake Superior at > Wisconsin Point on the 22nd. Peder Svingen saw a first-cycle *ICELAND GULL > * on the 21st on the Wisconsin side of Interstate Island. He also saw a > first-cycle *GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL,* 11 *GLAUCOUS GULLS,* and four *THAYER'S > GULLS* at Wisconsin Point. A *RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER* was found by Mike > Hendrickson on the 22nd near his yard in Smithville in west Duluth. Flocks > of *AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS* and small numbers of *SANDHILL CRANES* have > been seen almost daily at the West Skyline Hawk Count in Duluth. > > Bill Tefft saw a late-lingering flock of *BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS* in Ely on the > 17th along Sheridan Street near 4th Avenue. > > New arrivals this week include *AMERICAN COOT, BROAD-WINGED* *HAWK, LESSER > YELLOWLEGS,* *YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, SAVANNAH* *SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED > SPARROW,* and *BREWER'S BLACKBIRD.* > > The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 30th. > > 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. > >
