[rba] Duluth RBA 8/14/08

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*August 14, 2008
*MNDU0808.14

-Birds mentioned
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Great Gray Owl
White-crowned Sparrow
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 14, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 14th, 2008
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A GREAT GRAY OWL was reported by Chris Brown in Aitkin County on the
12th along MN Highway 65, about a mile north of CR 36.

Richard Carlson found several shorebird species on the 10th at 40th
Avenue West in Duluth, including GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and LEAST SANDPIPERS.

An adult WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW had been visiting a feeder along West
Knife River Road (CR 231) in Duluth Township since mid-July, but it was
last seen on August 2. There are only a handful of summer records for
this species in Minnesota.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August
21st.

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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