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*July 24, 2003
*MNDU0307.24

-Birds mentioned

• American White Pelican
• Semipalmated Plover
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• Baird's Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Stilt Sandpiper
• Tennessee Warbler

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: July 24, 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 24th, 2003, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

This week, Janet Riegle reported eight species of migrating shorebirds at 40th Ave West, including 12 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 4 STILT SANDPIPERS, 5 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER.

Lynelle Hansen reported 26 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS at Wisconsin Point on the 20th.

Warblers have begun to migrate. The first sure migrants were 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS in Duluth on the 17th.

The next scheduled update of this report will be in two weeks, on Thursday, August 7th.

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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