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*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*July 17, 2003
*MNDU0307.17

-Birds mentioned

• Greater Yellowlegs
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• Baird's Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Stilt Sandpiper
• Black-throated Blue Warbler

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: July 17, 2003
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 728-5030
Compiler: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)
Transcriber: David R. Benson (drbenson@cpinternet.com)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 17th, 2003, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Fall migration of shorebirds is well underway. Janet Riegle reported 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 12 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 5 LESSER YELLOWLEGS at 40th Ave West on the 13th. In addition, she found a Dowitcher there on the 15th.

Mike Steffes found 12 singing BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS at Moose Mountain in Cook County on the 12th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be Thursday, July 24th.

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.

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