I was gull watching this afternoon with Ted Keyel, Peder Svingen, Larry & Jane Kraemer and Karl Bardon at Canal Park.
Highlights: - 3 Adult Thayer's Gulls - 2 third cycle Thayer's Gulls - 2 first cycle Thayer's Gulls - 1 first cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull These gulls were found among the 300 gulls in the Canal Park area but we saw at least another 400-500 more gulls life off the roof of the DECC (Duluth Entertainment Convention Center) when a eagle scared them off. If it wasn't for gulls the Duluth area I do not know what we would do for birding up here. The north shore is quiet with virtually no movement of winter finches or any migration at all except the raptor movement at Hawk Ridge. The Long-tailed Duck female type is still actively feeding in the safe harbor at the McQuade Road along Scenic Highway 61. Other than that its slow. So for now the gulls are keeping us happy! Mike Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota MikeHendricksonGuiding.com Sax-ZimBog.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
