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I was scanning the lake at the Lafayette Square viewing platform from = 12-2:30pm and relocated some of the great birds that were reported this = week. Kim Eckert was with me for half that time and is still down there = with Jim Mattson and Doug Kieser. 2 Parasitic Jaegers interacting with each other and chasing a = Ring-billed Gull. 1 Pomarine Jaeger same bird reported in the last 2 weeks. 3 unidentified jaegers 1 Immature Little Gull Other Birds: - Merlin (Richardson's race) -Longspurs -pipits -flocks of Green-winged Teal flying by. -steady stream of raptors flying over us. *Lots going on this weekend! Lots of eyes and hopefully a first state = record will be found! *Also as Peder Svingen noted there are a lot of Bonaparte's Gulls on = Lake Superior, hopefully someone soon will report some Sabine Gulls. So = far only two reports in Minnesota. So were over due for some Sabine's = Gulls. Were also due for a Red Phalarope!=20 =20 Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C6DCC6.D0E54700 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>I was scanning the lake at = the Lafayette=20 Square viewing platform from 12-2:30pm and relocated some of the = great=20 birds that were reported this week. Kim Eckert was with me for half that = time=20 and is still down there with Jim Mattson and Doug Kieser.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>2 Parasitic Jaegers = interacting with each=20 other and chasing a Ring-billed Gull.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>1 Pomarine Jaeger same bird = reported in=20 the last 2 weeks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>3 unidentified = jaegers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>1 Immature Little = Gull</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Other Birds:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>- Merlin (Richardson's=20 race)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Longspurs</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-pipits</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-flocks of Green-winged Teal = flying=20 by.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-steady stream of raptors = flying=20 over us.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>*Lots going on this weekend! = Lots of eyes=20 and hopefully a first state record will be found!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>*Also as Peder Svingen noted = there are a=20 lot of Bonaparte's Gulls on Lake Superior, hopefully someone soon will = report=20 some Sabine Gulls. So far only two reports in Minnesota. So were over = due for=20 some Sabine's Gulls. Were also due for a Red Phalarope! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></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_0005_01C6DCC6.D0E54700--