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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *August 29, 2002 *MNDU0208.29 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 29, 2002
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 29th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A CAROLINA WREN turned up yesterday at 624 Laurel in Cloquet. The homeowner is willing to allow birders to come to see the bird.
There was a large flight of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS on the evening of Saturday the 24th. Kim Eckert counted 4,495 nighthawks from the Lakewood Pumping Station just between the hours of 5:30 and 7:50 pm.
Jim Barrett reported STILT SANDPIPERS and GREATER YELLOWLEGS from the 40th Ave West/Erie Pier area today. Tim Dawson reported that the GREAT EGRET is still at the pond at the Duluth Retriever Club on Lester River Road. Sally Stout reported an albino bird, most likely a Black-capped Chickadee, from the Barnes, Wisconsin area.
The next scheduled update of this report will be Thursday, September 5th.
The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 728-5030, and callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of each tape.
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 of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455; or send an e-mail to mou@cbs.umn.edu; or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.
