-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*August 6, 2010
*MNDU1008.06

-Birds mentioned -Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 6, 2010
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind ([log in to unmask])

This is the Duluth Birding Report for August 5th, 2010 sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

A GREAT EGRET was found by Karl Bardon on the 4th at Miller Creek near 21st Avenue West in Duluth. Karl also saw early GREATER SCAUP, LESSER SCAUP, and BUFFLEHEAD at Interstate Island and Hearding Island earlier in the week, as well as migrant PHILADELPHIA VIREO at Southworth Marsh and BAY-BREASTED WARBLER at Wisconsin Point. He saw seven AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 4th at Interstate Island. A flock of ten AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS was seen on the 4th at Agate Bay in Two Harbors.

Jan Green saw an early ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER on August 2nd along the Old North Shore Road in Duluth Township.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August 12th.

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.