-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *April 9, 2016 *MNDU1604.09 -Birds mentioned Long-tailed Duck Red-necked Grebe Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Short-eared Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Tree Swallow Bohemian Waxwing -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: April 9, 2016 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jsl...@frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for April 9th, 2016 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. John Richardson saw a SHORT-EARED OWL flying over Lake Superior on the 5th near the Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point. John also saw four LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the 4th at Brighton Beach in Duluth. Twelve LONG-TAILED DUCKS were still present on the 9th at Agate Bay in Two Harbors Peder Svingen saw three GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS and three THAYER'S GULLS on the 8th on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry. ICELAND GULLS, GLAUCOUS GULLS, THAYERÂ’S GULLS, and GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS continue to be seen on Allouez Bay at Wisconsin Point. Migrating BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS have been seen during the past week at several locations throughout Duluth and up the North Shore to Duluth Township. Recent new arrivals in the area include YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER on the 2nd, TREE SWALLOW on the 3rd, and RED-NECKED GREBE on the 5th. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, April 14th. 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://www.mail-archive.com/mou-net@lists.umn.edu/maillist.html 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 duluth...@moumn.org 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 m...@moumn.org, 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
