-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*August 19, 2011
*MNDU1108.19

-Birds mentioned
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Cliff Swallow
Cedar Waxwing
Red-winged Blackbird
Evening Grosbeak
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 19, 2011
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for August 19th, 2011 sponsored by the
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Fall migration is well underway in northeast Minnesota, with COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS, CLIFF SWALLOWS, CHIMNEY SWIFTS, CEDAR WAXWINGS, RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS and other passerines seen heading down the shore of Lake
Superior during the past week. The fall migration count at Hawk Ridge in
Duluth started on the 15th with expected low numbers of early migrating
raptors, but good numbers of non-raptors. Karl Bardon and others counted
more than 2,800 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and more than 2,500 CEDAR WAXWINGS
on the 17th.

Laura Erickson has seen a flock of EVENING GROSBEAKS daily during the
past few weeks in the Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August
25th.

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 [log in to unmask], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.