[mou] Duluth RBA 8/12/04

[David Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 12, 2004, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Gordy Martinson reported that an albino AMERICAN CROW has been around 
the Lester Park Golf Course the past few days.

Kim Eckert reported WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS along Kent Road near UMD as 
recently as yesterday. He also saw an unusually large number of PURPLE 
MARTINS (30-40) gathering at Minnesota Point.

Fall migration will really pick up soon.  Reports of significant 
sightings are appreciated. Among other things to watch for, the evening 
movement of Common Nighthawks through Duluth will be sometime over the 
next couple of weeks.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August 19.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-728-5030. 
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 of Natural 
History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, or send an e-mail 
to to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.