-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *July 19, 2007 *MNDU0707.19 -Birds mentioned Northern Pintail American White Pelican Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Black-backed Woodpecker Northern Mockingbird -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: July 19, 2007 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 19th, 2007 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was found by Lars Benson on the 19th at the Park Point recreation area in Duluth, on the bayside near the Sky Harbor airport. Shawn Zierman found several shorebirds on the 14th on the northeast side of the 40th Avenue West Erie Pier area, including LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and DOWITCHERS, as well as a NORTHERN PINTAIL. Six AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were found by Steve Dahl on Lake Superior on the 16th at Knife Island in Lake County. Three BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were found by Rob and Carol Gwynn during early July off the Gunflint Trail in Cook County. The birds were seen at the beginning of the BWCA access trail at Seagull Lake. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was found by Tom Nelson on the 9th along the Duluth Lakewalk near South 15th Avenue East, but it has not been relocated since. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, July 26th. 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 at moumn.org, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070719/525a344f/attachment.html
