[rba] Duluth RBA 7/17/08

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*July 17, 2008
*MNDU0807.17

-Birds mentioned
Red-throated Loon
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: July 17, 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, July 17th, 2008
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Two adult RED-THROATED LOONS were found by Peder Svingen on the 12th at
the Lafayette Square 31st Street access on Park Point in Duluth. Chris
Mansfield and Peder then found a total of six RED-THROATED LOONS on the
14th at the 22nd Street access.

Shorebirds have already begun to migrate through northeast Minnesota. On
July 5th Shawn Zierman saw PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS,
LEAST SANDPIPERS, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS near the Sky Harbor Airport on
Park Point. A LESSER YELLOWLEGS was seen flying southwest over Two
Harbors on the 14th.

Unless something unusual is reported in the next week, the next
scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, July 31st.

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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