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*July 2, 2009
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• Red-throated Loon
• Great Gray Owl
• Yellow-throated Warbler
• Lark Sparrow

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: July 2, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen by Jan Green on June 20th on the Old North Shore Road (CR 290), about 0.4 mile east of the Ryan Road (CR 50). Despite several attempts, it has not been relocated since the initial sighting.

Jan and Larry Kraemer saw four RED-THROATED LOONS on the 1st at Gull Bluff on Wisconsin Point.

Debbie Waters found a GREAT GRAY OWL on June 24th along CR 133 just east of the Blue Spruce Road (CR 211) in the Sax-Zim Bog.

Bob Russell found three LARK SPARROWS on June 24th in Cook County along the Old Gunflint Trail (CR 92) at the road leading to the Iron Lake campground.

Unless something unusual is reported, the next scheduled update of this report will be in two weeks on Thursday, July 16th.

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, e-mail us at mou@moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.

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