-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *August 29, 2008 *MNDU0808.29 -Birds mentioned Red-necked Grebe Semipalmated Plover Solitary Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Whimbrel Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Lark Sparrow -Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore Date: August 29, 2008 Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) Reports: (218) 834-2858 Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net) This is the Duluth Birding Report for Friday, August 29th, 2008 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. A LARK SPARROW was found on the 24th by Chris Mansfield on Park Point near the recreational area bathhouse. Chris also found a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER with about 20 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, SEMIPALMATED SANPIPER, and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. A WHIMBREL was seen on the 25th flying overhead at Lighthouse Point in Two Harbors, heading southwest down the lakeshore. A SOLITARY SANDPIPER and two SEMIPALMATED SANPIPERS were seen at the ponds near the Two Harbors golf course clubhouse on the same day. BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen at the Castle Danger sewage ponds on the 23rd. Paul Hurtado saw a RED-NECKED GREBE on Lake Superior on the 24th at Silver Creek Cliff. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, September 4th. 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/20080829/6f8f63f1/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ mou-rba mailing list mou-rba at moumn.org http://moumn.org/mailman/listinfo/mou-rba_moumn.org
