-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *July 17, 2008 *MNDU0807.17 -Birds mentioned Red-throated Loon Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: July 17, 2008 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 17th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Two adult RED-THROATED LOONS were found by Peder Svingen on the 12th at the Lafayette Square 31st Street access on Park Point in Duluth. Chris Mansfield and Peder then found a total of six RED-THROATED LOONS on the 14th at the 22nd Street access. Shorebirds have already begun to migrate through northeast Minnesota. On July 5th Shawn Zierman saw PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS near the Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point. A LESSER YELLOWLEGS was seen flying southwest over Two Harbors on the 14th. Unless something unusual is reported in the next week, the next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, July 31st. 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/20080717/75034af7/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ mou-rba mailing list mou-rba at moumn.org http://moumn.org/mailman/listinfo/mou-rba_moumn.org
