At 8pm tonight while in a parking lot along the Lake Superior shoreline, I had a Thayer's Gull (1st-cycle) fly right past my van. The gull was accompanied with two Ring-billed Gulls. It was neat to see a Thayer's Gull fly by at eye-level, even with the sub-optimal lighting. Pale wing tips, frosty, low-contrast backside... gorgeous gull :) I wonder how long that bird is going to linger here before heading up to the arctic.
Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN -- *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Guided Birdwatching Trips and Bird photography www.pbase.com/birdfedr www.naturallyavian.blogspot.com birdf...@gmail.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
