[mou] [rba] Duluth RBA 8/29/08

Jim Lind jslind at frontiernet.net
Fri Aug 29 15:09:58 CDT 2008


-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*August 29, 2008
*MNDU0808.29

-Birds mentioned
Red-necked Grebe
Semipalmated Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Lark Sparrow
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 29, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Friday, August 29th, 2008
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A LARK SPARROW was found on the 24th by Chris Mansfield on Park Point
near the recreational area bathhouse. Chris also found a BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER with about 20 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, SEMIPALMATED SANPIPER, and
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER.

A WHIMBREL was seen on the 25th flying overhead at Lighthouse Point in
Two Harbors, heading southwest down the lakeshore. A SOLITARY SANDPIPER
and two SEMIPALMATED SANPIPERS were seen at the
ponds near the Two Harbors golf course clubhouse on the same day.
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen at
the Castle Danger sewage ponds on the 23rd. Paul Hurtado saw a
RED-NECKED GREBE on Lake Superior on the 24th at Silver Creek Cliff.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September
4th.

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 mou at moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
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