[mou] Duluth RBA 6/12/03

[David R. Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, June 12, 2003, sponsored by
the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Last evening I learned that Steve Geerts found a ROCK WREN at his home in
Fredenburg Township on Sunday, June 8. The bird has not been seen since.

A WILLET, 7 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, and an AMERICAN WIGEON were at 40th
Ave West on the 8th. At least 3 GREATER SCAUP are still at Hearding Island.

Conny Brunell reported YELLOW RAILS at McGregor Marsh in Aitkin County, 0.2
and 0.3 miles south of Mile Marker 161 on Hwy 65 and behind the Fireside
Restaurant on Hwy 65 where it heads north from 210, northwest of the town
of McGregor. She also reported LE CONTE'S SPARROWS and SHARP-TAILED GROUSE
in the fields just south of the town of Tamarack on Cty Rd 16.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 19,
however, if there aren't sightings to report, it may not be updated until
the 26th.

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.