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*August 24, 2014
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• Red-necked Phalarope
• Parasitic Jaeger
• Common Nighthawk
• Brewster's Warbler

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 24, 2014
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for August 24th, 2014 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Jan and Larry Kraemer found a BREWSTER'S WARBLER (BLUE-WINGED X GOLDEN-WINGED) on the 17th at the 43rd Street bus stop on Park Point. It was relocated as recentlyas the 22nd at the same location. A PARASITIC JAEGER was found by Lars Benson on the 23rd on the bay side of Park Point at the rowing club. Mike Hendrickson also reported a dark morph JAEGER on the 21st at Lot 1 on Wisconsin Point.

Before the past several days of east winds and heavy overcast skies, Karl Bardon and others counted 427 migrating COMMON NIGHTHAWKS on the 16th from Hawk Ridge.

Herb Dingmann saw a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE on the 22nd at the Castle Danger sewage ponds.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on August 29th.

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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