[mou-net] Minnetonka

[Ken Larson Mary Lou Frank]

I just saw FOY Brown Creeper in our yard in Minnetonka.
Ken Larson


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[mou-net] Large white crane.

[Frank Gosiak]

My son was on hwy 27 between Lastrup and Onamia about 3 miles west of the
Millacs/Morrison County line and saw a large white crane on the ground with
a few Sandhill Cranes. He said the bird was larger and when he stopped he
spooked it up. The cranes flew over him and the larger white crane had black
wing tips that stood out. He said it was dark over the top and under sides
of the eyes and seemed dark reddish. He was really excited when he saw the
bird because the size really impressed him. I have only seen one bird like
this and there were two of them in South east Minnesota a few years back.
They were banded Whooping Cranes that many of us ran on and came from
Wisconsin. My son said that is what he thought it was but has never seen one
before. I was wondering if others in that area may have seen the bird and if
they would even migrate through here this time of the year. I asked him if
he saw a band and he said he was to busy looking at the other features and
was somewhat stunned. Any responses would be appreciated. I almost left my
students in the middle of the class to drive out there. Tomorrow I will be
combing that area.


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[mou-net] [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 4/4/14

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*April 4, 2014
*MNDU1404.04

-Birds mentioned
Canvasback
Long-tailed Duck
Hooded Merganser
Spruce Grouse
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
American Robin
Dark-eyed Junco
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: April 4, 2014
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jsl...@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for April 4th, 2014 sponsored by the
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Karl Bardon saw 96 LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the 2nd at Brighton Beach in
east Duluth. Bryan French saw a CANVASBACK on March 29th in the Duluth
Harbor.

Dee Kuder saw two female SPRUCE GROUSE on the 2nd north of the town of
Cook along Beatty Road and St. Louis County Road 24.

Spring raptor migration is underway, with 742 BALD EAGLES and ten GOLDEN
EAGLES counted on March 29th and 30th at the West Skyline Hawk Count in
Duluth. Small numbers of SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, RED-TAILED HAWKS,
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, NORTHERN HARRIER, MERLIN and AMERICAN KESTREL were
also seen.

Other recent spring arrivals in the past week include HOODED MERGANSER,
GREAT BLUE HERON, AMERICAN ROBIN, and DARK-EYED JUNCO.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on April 10th.

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 m...@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.


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