[mou] Duluth RBA 8/25

[Jim Lind]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 25th, 
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

On August 20th, Janet Riegle found one BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, two SEMI-
PALMATED PLOVERS, five SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS, four SANDERLINGS, 
and one BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the lake side of Park Point past 
the airport.  Deb Buria-Falkowski saw 13 species of shorebird at the 
Embarrass rice paddies on August 23rd, including YELLOWLEGS, STILT 
SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, one AMERICAN GOLDEN 
PLOVER, one SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and five SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS. 

Over 800 CLIFF SWALLOWS were counted on August 20th at the Hawk Ridge 
overlook.

The COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration continues, with 125 seen by Rick 
Schroeder feeding over Fish Lake, northwest of Duluth on August 24th. 
 Peak movements typically occur during the last two weeks of August.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, 
September 1st.

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.