[mou] Duluth RBA 8/21/03

[David R. Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 21, 2003 sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The first fall flights of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS took place over the past week.
Jim Barrett reported 4401 birds on the 18th, and there have been small
flights each day since then.

Jim also reported several species of shorebirds from the mudflats at Morgan
Park, including PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SANDERLING, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER,
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and both yellowlegs.

Kate Kellenberger reported 5 RED-NECKED GREBES from Hungry Jack Lake on the
Gunflint Trail on the 17th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be in two weeks on Thursday,
September 3rd.

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.