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The weather sites on internet forecasted winds from the east at 10-15 = mph and a chance of rain of 50%. WELL they were wrong! the winds were = gusting at 25-30mph from the east and it basically rained all day! The = waves were cresting nearly 7 feet! So the boat tri pwas cancelled due to = the weather BUT that did not stop me in showing my group of 26 birders = some jaegers. We birded the 12 street viewing area at Park Point and = also down in the park at the bath house.=20 - 3 Parasitic Jaegers ( adult light morph adults ) - 5 unidentified jaegers species=20 * We did not see any Sabine's Gulls or Little Gulls. I am though aware that birders did see 2-3 Sabine's Gulls & the juv. = Little Gull at the 12th Street viewing area today. These sightings were = between 9am and 10am. Also birders at WI Pt reported a Sabine's Gull as = well. Other birds today: -Dunlin -Field Sparrow near the bath house at Park Pt. ( Matt Mecklenberg found = the sparrow ) -Water Pipits, Lapland Longspurs were found at the Bayside Park. -2 Peregrine Falcons at Lafayette Square=20 ** Birders without scopes were able to get fine looks of the jaegers = from shore. Tomorrows forecast is suppose to be a partly cloudy day = with 14 mph. northwest winds Hawk Ridge should redeem itself from its = washout today. I would bet there were more jaeger sightings today vs. = hawk sightings, Sunday should be the other way around.=20 =20 Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C6DF57.E96E8140 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>The weather sites on internet = forecasted=20 winds from the east at 10-15 mph and a chance of rain of 50%. WELL they = were=20 wrong! the winds were gusting at 25-30mph from the east and it basically = rained=20 all day! The waves were cresting nearly 7 feet! So the boat tri pwas = cancelled=20 due to the weather BUT that did not stop me in showing my group of 26 = birders=20 some jaegers. We birded the 12 street viewing area at Park Point = and also=20 down in the park at the bath house. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>- 3 Parasitic Jaegers ( = adult light=20 morph adults )</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>- 5 unidentified jaegers=20 species</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>* We did not see any Sabine's = Gulls or=20 Little Gulls.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>I am though aware that = birders did see=20 2-3 Sabine's Gulls & the juv. Little Gull at the 12th Street = viewing=20 area today. These sightings were between 9am and 10am. Also birders at = WI Pt=20 reported a Sabine's Gull as well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Other birds = today:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Dunlin</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Field Sparrow near the bath = house at=20 Park Pt. ( Matt Mecklenberg found the sparrow )</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Water Pipits, Lapland = Longspurs were=20 found at the Bayside Park.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-2 Peregrine Falcons at = Lafayette Square=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>** Birders without scopes = were able to=20 get fine looks of the jaegers from shore. Tomorrows forecast is = suppose to=20 be a partly cloudy day with 14 mph. northwest winds Hawk Ridge = should=20 redeem itself from its washout today. I would bet there were more jaeger = sightings today vs. hawk sightings, Sunday should be the other way=20 around. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2> </FONT></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_002B_01C6DF57.E96E8140--