Duluth/North Shore RBA
July 31, 2008
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:35:09 -0500
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Subject: MN/Duluth RBA 31 July 2008
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-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*July 31, 2008
*MNDU0807.31
-Birds mentioned
Horned Grebe
Least Bittern
Solitary Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
-Transcript
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: July 31, 2008
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 31st, 2008
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Al and Nathan Schirmacher reported a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER along with
some PECTORAL SANDPIPERS in Aitkin County on the 26th at the
intersection of CR 15 and 441st Place. Three SOLITARY SANDPIPERS were
seen on the 27th at the Greenwood Lake boat landing on Lake County Road
2, and a LEAST SANDPIPER was seen in a gravel pit along the Tomahawk
Road (FR 424) east of Babbitt. Steve Weston saw two HORNED GREBES and
heard two LEAST BITTERNS on the 27th at the Floodwood sewage ponds.
Large numbers of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS continue to be seen in
northeastern Minnesota. David Nelson saw a flock of more than 100 on the
17th along the Stoney River Forest Road in Lake County, and Sparky
Stensaas reported many singing males during the past month from across
Itasca, St. Louis, Cook, and Carlton counties. Many flocks of PINE
SISKINS are also being seen in the area, with recent reports of 50 or
more individuals at feeders in Duluth and Crane Lake.
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August
7th.
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.