Ron and Butch got good looks from the South Dakota side of Salt Lake and are convinced it is a Gull-billed Tern - thick black bill, slightly larger size than a Forster's, flight more lethargic than a Forster's. Unfortunately the bird flew off to the west over the fields and out of sight. We're hopeful that it is merely foraging out there and will return.
Herb Dingmann Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 2, 2016, at 8:49 AM, Herb Dingmann <herbdingm...@charter.net> wrote: > > Ron Erpelding, Butch Ukura and I just spotted what we believe is the > Gull-billed Tern. We're on the Minnesota side of the lake and the bird was > seen across the lake flying about mostly in South Dakota but briefly in > Minnesota. We are going to try to get better looks from the South Dakota > side. > > Herb Dingmann > > Sent from my iPhone ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html