I betrayed my Minnesota birding friends, and went solo up the Wisconsin side today, and when I came across the Blatnik bridge I noticed a large number of gulls near the 27th Ave. WLSSD plant. I still headed for Canal Park, where there were just a handful of gulls, so I headed back to the 27th Ave. area. I had never tried negotiating this area (never had a state bird to chase here before!). I asked for permission at the dump area, and they said I had to stay outside the fences. What they did NOT tell me, is that there is a corridor BETWEEN fences (just left of gate 11A) that takes you closer to the gulls roosting on the ice anyway! So I parked near some other cars and walked down to the harbor. I'm 90% sure I was legal here. There appeared to be about 400 gulls, and thankfully the Glaucous-winged was relatively close (150 yds.), as many birds were too distant to ID. I'm thinking perhaps the wind caused the gulls to favor this area over Canal Park. I didn't stay too long, but I did note at least eleven Glaucous Gulls as well. Dedrick BenzWinona, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
