Here is a link to some of the better photos I took during the trip: http://birds.elijahtech.com/MOU/
Elijah Parker Fridley On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 13:10, Michael Hendrickson wrote: > Hello: > > Well when I got to Mille Lacs and saw ice on the lake on the southern half I > thought, " what am I going to do now ?" Well everything worked out and all > together we saw 50 species of birds for the day. > > I met the group of 18 particapants at McDonald's and I made sure to eat no > less than 4 breakfast burrittos and washed it down with Mt. Dew at 8 am! AWW > its time to go birding! > > My Co-leader was Kim Risen who led the group around the southern half of the > lake in the late afternoon. Thanks Kim! > > Highlights: > > Common Loons Only a few. > > Waterfowl 8 species were seen and Common Goldeneyes were every where and > seen in large numbers. > > Tundra Swans Seen 15 birds on the eastern shore plus a family group that > seem to follow us a at few stops along the eastern shore. > > Raptors Saw 3 species which included a distant Rough-legged Hawk. > > Bonaparte's Gull numerous along the western shore. > > ** Glaucous Gull seen a first year imm with a group of Herring Gulls. It was > best seen when a Bald Eagle flew over group giving me and a few some decent > looks. Malmo public boat landing. > > Northern Shrike > Golden-cr. Kinglet > Am. Pipt along the west shore at the Garrison Wayside rest area. (Big Walleye) > > Fox Sparrows 10 seen for the day in various places. > Lincoln's Sparrow West Shore at Kathio St. Park. > Tree Sparrow > Savannah Sparrow > Junco > > ** Vesper Sparrow seen a long a road north of the Casino on western shore of > Mille lacs. Elijah Parker took pics of it. > > Rusty Blackbirds various places. > > Common Redpolls seen flying over head along eastern shore and a nice flock > seen by Kim Risen and his group on the SW shore. > > Pine Grosbeak seen at Malmo public boat landing > > Over all it was a fun and brisk cold day to be out. I usually wear sandals > and I did for the most part until my toes got numb mid morning till I found > my ice kings. Some people got lifers and most enjoyed a day with laughs and > good greasy food in thier tummies! I like to thank John Hockema, Jeff > Stevenson for helping me out and spot some good birds along the way. > > This is the last MOU trip for the year and this probably brought good kharma > for the Golpher football team to win with a second to go! I had a lot of fun > and the next field trip is the February winter trip in the Duluth area for > two full days of birding and laughs. I'll post the February trip as the time > gets closer. If you want some more information on this trip please send me an > email at smithvil...@charter.net > > Thanks again for a great year! > > Mike Hendrickson > MOU Field Trip Chairman > > > > > > > > > > > >
