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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *August 15, 2002 *MNDU0208.15 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 15, 2002
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 525-5952
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 15, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The fall migration will soon be in full swing. Migrants reported this week in Duluth include the GREAT EGRET at Gooseberry Falls State Park and several species of shorebirds, including LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
An albino RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was reported from the Midway Township area.
It is now less than a month until Hawk Weekend, which will take place this year on September 13-15. Featured speakers this year include Dr. David Bird, and Minnesota's own Steve Wilson. Visitors who are planning to stay in Duluth should make their lodging reservations soon. For more information, see the Hawk Ridge web site: www.hawkridge.org or call Molly Evans at 724-0261.
The next scheduled update of this report will be Thursday, August 22nd.
The phone number for the Duluth Birding Report is (218) 728-5030, and callers can report bird sightings if they wish after the tone at the end of each tape.
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 of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455; or send an e-mail to mou@cbs.umn.edu; or visit the MOU web site at mou.mn.org.
