This morning, May 22, Garrett Wee of Cottonwood MN photographed what appears to be a possible White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73121423@N07/8783909796/in/pool-79514222@N00/ The location was at Lone Tree Lake in Lyon Co: from Cottonwood go 1.5 mi W on Main St to 290th Ave, then 1.0 mi N to the lake. After I was sent this photo from a friend in CA who had happened across the image on the internet, I called Paul Egeland who used to live in Cottonwood and had Garrett's phone number. He then called Garrett who told him that he had been photographing something else at the time, didn't notice the terns in the image until he got home, and then later went out to try and relocate it without success. Paul also said he was sure that Garrett wouldn't mind if this was posted on mou-net on his behalf. Please keep in mind that this ID is only tentative since the image is only marginal in quality, and since Garrett took no other photos and wrote no description (since he didn't realize it was there at the time). Kim R Eckert ecker...@gmail.com http://www.mbwbirds.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
