[mou] Duluth RBA 8/9/07

[Jim Lind]

-RBA
*Minnesota
*Duluth/North Shore
*August 9, 2007
*MNDU0708.09

-Birds mentioned
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Black-backed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
White-winged Crossbill
-Transcript

Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: August 9, 2007
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind at frontiernet.net)

This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, August 9th, 2007
sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.

The fall songbird migration continues this week, with 16 warbler species
reported by Peder Svingen on the 9th at Park Point in Duluth, including
seven GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS and a record-high fall count of 78
NASHVILLE WARBLERS. Dave Grosshuesch has banded migrant YELLOW-BELLIED
FLYCATCHERS, TENNESSEE WARBLERS, and MAGNOLIA WARBLERS at Hawk Ridge in
Duluth during the past week. He also saw a flock of WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS fly overhead on the 8th.

Mike Hendrickson found two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the 4th along the
6th fairway at the Grandview Golf Course in Proctor, as well as two
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS on the 7th fairway. Dave and Sarah Grosshuesch found
a WILSON'S PHALAROPE at the 40th Avenue West Erie Pier area on the 8th.
They also saw two STILT SANDPIPERS and several LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. Dan
Badger reported two BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS on the 4th at the Park Point
soccer fields.

John Ellis found an EARED GREBE and two RED-NECKED GREBES in Cook County
on the 4th at the Cascade River State Park wayside on MN Highway 61, and
five unidentified SCOTERS at the Good Harbor Bay overlook. On the 6th,
John saw a HORNED GREBE at Five Mile Rock northeast of Grand Marais and
two more at Cobblestone Cabins northeast of Tofte. He also found two
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS on the 4th near the end of the Gunflint Trail
(CR 12), 0.2 mile east of CR 81, and a flyover flock of WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS on the north side of Oberg Mountain.

The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, August
16th. 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.
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