[mou] Duluth RBA 8/18/05

[Jim Lind]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 18th, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Three juvenile RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were seen today on Lake Superior 
in east Duluth between the mouth of the Chester Creek and Leif 
Erickson Park.  Peder Svingen found an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN at 
Interstate Island today.  

Janet Riegle found two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and four SANDERLINGS 
on the lake side of Park Point past the airport on August 13th.  A 
STILT SANDPIPER was seen at the Two Harbors cemetery on August 12th 
and 13th. 

Dave Grosshuesch banded a CAROLINA WREN on the morning of August 15th 
at the Hawk Ridge banding station, but it has not been seen since.  
This is one of only a few records for St. Louis County.  High numbers 
of warblers and other songbirds continue to be seen in Duluth and 
along the North Shore.  An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER spent the early 
part of this week at the Hawk Ridge overlook.

The COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration has begun along the North Shore, with 
the first small groups of migrants being reported on the 14th.  Peak 
movements typically occur during the last two weeks of August.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August 
25th.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858.  
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 to 
mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.