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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *August 11, 2005 *MNDU0508.11 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 11, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
Transcriber: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 11th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Two immature MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen by Frank Nicoletti on the afternoon of August 8th at 15th Avenue East on London Road in Duluth. This coincided with a report of another individual on the same day in the Twin Cities. Neither of the birds have since been relocated.
Passerine migration along the North Shore has picked up recently, with a high diversity of warblers banded at Hawk Ridge in the past two weeks. Dave Grosshuesch has banded more than 725 birds since August 2nd including nearly 300 NASHVILLE WARBLERS, which is a record for this early in the season. Today Dave banded 17 species of warbler, including GOLDEN-WINGED, BLACKBURNIAN, BAY-BREASTED, CONNECTICUT, MOURNING, and CANADA WARBLER.
Jim Barrett reported eight species of warbler in west Duluth's Morgan Park in a short period of time on the 10th, including a GOLDEN-WINGED x BLUE-WINGED hybrid BREWSTER'S WARBLER. Jim also had an EVENING GROSBEAK at his feeders at 86th Avenue West from August 7th to the 9th. Mike Steffes reported two BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS still singing on Moose Mountain in Cook County on the 6th.
Janet Riegle and Billie Anderson found nine BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the ball fields at the Park Point recreation area on August 6th. They also reported SEMIPALMATED, LEAST, and BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS on the bayside of the point.
A juvenile BONAPARTE'S GULL was seen on Lake Superior out from Silver Creek in Lake County on the 5th. Small groups of GREAT BLUE HERONS have been seen migrating down the North Shore during the past week.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August 18th.
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 to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
