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*August 14, 2008
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• Greater Yellowlegs
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• Great Gray Owl
• White-crowned Sparrow

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 14, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 14th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A GREAT GRAY OWL was reported by Chris Brown in Aitkin County on the 12th along MN Highway 65, about a mile north of CR 36.

Richard Carlson found several shorebird species on the 10th at 40th Avenue West in Duluth, including GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and LEAST SANDPIPERS.

An adult WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW had been visiting a feeder along West Knife River Road (CR 231) in Duluth Township since mid-July, but it was last seen on August 2. There are only a handful of summer records for this species in Minnesota.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August 21st.

The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.

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