[mou] Duluth RBA 8/26/04

[David Benson]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 26, 2004, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Travis Novitsky and Shannon Judd reported seeing an immature LITTLE 
GULL at Grand Portage on the 22nd. I have no further details.

In Lake Cty, Jim Lind had a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER at Flood Bay on the 
20th, 4 BONAPARTE'S GULLS flying down the shore on the 21st, and 2 
HORNED GREBES at Castle Danger on the 22nd.

On the 20th, Kim Eckert saw a SHORT-EARED OWL flying west over the 
harbor in Grand Marais, and an adult WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW at a feeder 
at a campsite in the harbor. Bruce Stahly saw an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN 
in Grand Marais on the 22nd.

On the 22nd, John Ellis refound the THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS in 
Koochiching Cty on Cty Rd 13, 2.3 miles south of the jct. with Cty Rd 
1. On the 21st, he saw a family group of SPRUCE GROUSE near this 
location (5.1 miles north of Hwy 71 on Cty Rd 13). On the 22nd he saw a 
GREAT GRAY OWL in the Sax-Zim area on Owl Ave just north of the bend. 
He also saw a group of 35 BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES on Cty Rd 29, north of 
740.

There was a substantial fallout of warblers at Park Point in Duluth 
this morning. In about an hour's time, I saw dozens of individuals of 
11 species, including CAPE MAY WARBLER and BLACKPOLL WARBLER. Jan Green 
reported a small movement of warblers along the north shore, including 
a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 
2.

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.

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