-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*July 16, 2009
*MNDU0907.16

-Birds mentioned
American White Pelican
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Boreal Chickadee
Red Crossbill
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: July 16, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 16th, 2009
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

Two AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen on the 7th by Jan and Larry
Kraemer at Fish Lake Reservoir north of Duluth. Julie O'Connor saw a
singing male RED CROSSBILL on the 7th in downtown Duluth at Lake Place
Park.

Howard Weinberg found BOREAL CHICKADEES in Lake County on the 15th along
the Stoney River Forest Road, 6 miles north of Forest Highway 11.

The first shorebirds of the fall migration season have been noted
recently. A LESSER YELLOWLEGS was seen in Two Harbors at Agate Bay on
the 4th, and a flock of 15 LEAST SANDPIPERS was seen on the 12th at
Stewart Lake in Lake County.

Unless something unusual is reported, the next scheduled update of this
report will be in two weeks on Thursday, July 30th.

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.