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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *August 25, 2005 *MNDU0508.25 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 25, 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 25th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
On August 20th, Janet Riegle found one BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, two SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, five SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, four SANDERLINGS, and one BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the lake side of Park Point past the airport. Deb Buria-Falkowski saw 13 species of shorebird at the Embarrass rice paddies on August 23rd, including YELLOWLEGS, STILT SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, one AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, one SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and five SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS.
Over 800 CLIFF SWALLOWS were counted on August 20th at the Hawk Ridge overlook.
The COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration continues, with 125 seen by Rick Schroeder feeding over Fish Lake, northwest of Duluth on August 24th. Peak movements typically occur during the last two weeks of August.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 1st.
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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