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Here are the highlights of the trip: -3 Parasitic Jaegers!=20 -Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull We departed the dock at 8:00am and arrived back at the dock at 12:15pm. = Early in the morning the lake was a little rough with 1-3 foot swells = but in some areas the swells were 5-7 foot! We headed due east out of = Canal park and followed the northshore to the Lakewood pumping station, = here we turned SE and headed 4 miles out in the lake and then turned and = headed due west to the Superior entry way. At the southeast corner of = our route, Bill George spotted two jaegers chasing each other. Captain = Dan turned the LL Smith in the direction of the jaegers and sure enough = the jaegers flew right at us giving us very close looks as they glided = along both sides of the boat and right over us! We were able to = determine that these jaegers were Parasitic Jaegers. Warren Regalmann = brought along his digital recorder and was able to film the jaegers as = they glided along the boat. This film slip will be sent to me fairly = soon and I will post on the MOU listserve where and how you can view = this film. As the LL Smith drew near the Superior entry way, Jan Green = spotted a dark morph Parasitic Jaeger as it chased a few Herring Gulls = off the break. This Jaeger like the other two jaegers came quite close = to us as well. While I was chumming the gulls in the Superior entry way = a Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull came in with the other gulls to feed on = the chum. The lake was getting really rough out there so I talked things over with = our captain and we birded the bays on the WI side and Minnesota side.=20 Other birds: -Common Terns (2) -Caspian Terns (2) -Bonaparte's Gulls (35-40) -Sanderlings The Sept 23 and Oct 7th boat trip are filled up. Next year I will have a = boat trip in May, Sept (2 trips) and October. Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C6D417.9F16DD90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Here are the highlights of = the=20 trip:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-3 Parasitic Jaegers! = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Adult Lesser Black-backed=20 Gull</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>We departed the dock at = 8:00am and=20 arrived back at the dock at 12:15pm. Early in the morning the lake was a = little=20 rough with 1-3 foot swells but in some areas the swells were 5-7 = foot! We=20 headed due east out of Canal park and followed the northshore to the = Lakewood=20 pumping station, here we turned SE and headed 4 miles out in the lake = and then=20 turned and headed due west to the Superior entry way. At the southeast = corner of=20 our route, Bill George spotted two jaegers chasing each other. Captain = Dan=20 turned the LL Smith in the direction of the jaegers and sure enough the = jaegers=20 flew right at us giving us very close looks as they glided along both = sides of=20 the boat and right over us! We were able to determine that these jaegers = were=20 Parasitic Jaegers. Warren Regalmann brought along his digital = recorder and=20 was able to film the jaegers as they glided along the boat. This film = slip will=20 be sent to me fairly soon and I will post on the MOU listserve where and = how you=20 can view this film. As the LL Smith drew near the Superior entry = way, Jan=20 Green spotted a dark morph Parasitic Jaeger as it chased a few Herring = Gulls off=20 the break. This Jaeger like the other two jaegers came quite close to us = as=20 well. While I was chumming the gulls in the Superior entry way a = Adult=20 Lesser Black-backed Gull came in with the other gulls to feed on the=20 chum.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>The lake was getting really = rough out=20 there so I talked things over with our captain and we birded the bays on = the WI=20 side and Minnesota side. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Other birds:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Common Terns = (2)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Caspian Terns = (2)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Bonaparte's Gulls = (35-40)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Sanderlings</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>The Sept 23 and Oct 7th boat = trip are=20 filled up. Next year I will have a boat trip in May, Sept (2 trips) and=20 October.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Michael = Hendrickson<BR>Duluth,=20 Minnesota<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C6D417.9F16DD90--