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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *August 18, 2005 *MNDU0508.18 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 18, 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 18th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Three juvenile RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were seen today on Lake Superior in east Duluth between the mouth of the Chester Creek and Leif Erickson Park. Peder Svingen found an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN at Interstate Island today.
Janet Riegle found two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and four SANDERLINGS on the lake side of Park Point past the airport on August 13th. A STILT SANDPIPER was seen at the Two Harbors cemetery on August 12th and 13th.
Dave Grosshuesch banded a CAROLINA WREN on the morning of August 15th at the Hawk Ridge banding station, but it has not been seen since. This is one of only a few records for St. Louis County. High numbers of warblers and other songbirds continue to be seen in Duluth and along the North Shore. An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER spent the early part of this week at the Hawk Ridge overlook.
The COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration has begun along the North Shore, with the first small groups of migrants being reported on the 14th. Peak movements typically occur during the last two weeks of August.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August 25th.
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.
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