[mou] Duluth RBA 7/28/05

[Jim Lind]

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 28th, sponsored 
by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

With the fall shorebird migration well underway in western parts of 
the state, some species are beginning to show up along the North 
Shore.  SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 
LEAST SANDPIPERS, and BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were found on the 25th in 
the wetland behind the beach at the Flood Bay wayside rest.  Least 
Sandpipers and Lesser Yellowlegs have also been seen at the Two 
Harbors golf course and at Agate Bay this week.

Mike Steffes reported four singing BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS from 
Moose Mountain in Cook County this week.  Linda Felker reported Black-
throated Blues along the Moose Viewing Trail, which starts at the 
Gunflint Trail about two miles northwest of the Lima Mountain Road.  
Linda also found a SPRUCE GROUSE along the Poplar Creek Trail, across 
from the Bow Lake Road on the north end of the Lima Grade Road.

A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen on the 26th in the Sax-Zim Bog, along St. 
Louis County Road 133, 0.8 mile west of U.S. Highway 53. 

RED CROSSBILLS and EVENING GROSBEAKS were found flying over the 
Duluth Lakeside neighborhood last week.  Probable migrant YELLOW-
BELLIED FLYCATCHER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AND NASHVILLE WARBLERS 
were seen at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors on the 25th. 

Unless something unusual is reported, the next scheduled update of 
this report will be two weeks from now on Thursday, August 11th.

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.