Duluth RBA

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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*July 28, 2005
*MNDU0507.28

-Birds mentioned
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Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: July 28, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
Transcriber: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 28th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

With the fall shorebird migration well underway in western parts of the state, some species are beginning to show up along the North Shore. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPERS, and BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were found on the 25th in the wetland behind the beach at the Flood Bay wayside rest. Least Sandpipers and Lesser Yellowlegs have also been seen at the Two Harbors golf course and at Agate Bay this week.

Mike Steffes reported four singing BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS from Moose Mountain in Cook County this week. Linda Felker reported Black- throated Blues along the Moose Viewing Trail, which starts at the Gunflint Trail about two miles northwest of the Lima Mountain Road. Linda also found a SPRUCE GROUSE along the Poplar Creek Trail, across from the Bow Lake Road on the north end of the Lima Grade Road.

A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen on the 26th in the Sax-Zim Bog, along St. Louis County Road 133, 0.8 mile west of U.S. Highway 53.

RED CROSSBILLS and EVENING GROSBEAKS were found flying over the Duluth Lakeside neighborhood last week. Probable migrant YELLOW- BELLIED FLYCATCHER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AND NASHVILLE WARBLERS were seen at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors on the 25th.

Unless something unusual is reported, the next scheduled update of this report will be two weeks from now on Thursday, August 11th.

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 to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.




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