[mou] Duluth RBA 7/17/03

[David R. Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 17th, 2003, sponsored
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Fall migration of shorebirds is well underway. Janet Riegle reported 2
STILT SANDPIPERS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 12 LEAST
SANDPIPERS, 1 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 5 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS at 40th Ave West on the 13th. In addition, she found a Dowitcher
there on the 15th.

Mike Steffes found 12 singing BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS at Moose
Mountain in Cook County on the 12th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be Thursday, July 24th.

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.