[mou] Duluth RBA 7/19/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*July 19, 2007
*MNDU0707.19

-Birds mentioned
Northern Pintail
American White Pelican
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Mockingbird
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: July 19, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 19th, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was found by Lars Benson on the 19th at the
Park Point recreation area in Duluth, on the bayside near the Sky Harbor
airport. Shawn Zierman found several shorebirds on the 14th on the
northeast side of the 40th Avenue West Erie Pier area, including LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and
DOWITCHERS, as well as a NORTHERN PINTAIL.

Six AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were found by Steve Dahl on Lake Superior on
the 16th at Knife Island in Lake County. Three BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS
were found by Rob and Carol Gwynn during early July off the Gunflint
Trail in Cook County. The birds were seen at the beginning of the BWCA
access trail at Seagull Lake.

A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was found by Tom Nelson on the 9th along the
Duluth Lakewalk near South 15th Avenue East, but it has not been
relocated since.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, July 26th.
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, e-mail us
at mou at moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
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