I had another Sabine’s Gull today at the Afton Marina in Washington County. The bird was hunting over the river for just over 5 minutes around 3:55-4:00 PM before it flew out of sight into an inlet just to the north. The inlet is completely inaccessible—private and gated. I’ve been staking out the river since, and a couple of friends have joined, but so far the bird has not returned. It might be possible to view it with a canoe in the inlet, assuming it didn’t fly out without us noticing. If the bird is refound, I will post an update here.
The Ramsey County Sabine’s Gull was reported again this morning on Vadnais. I haven’t heard any update since, though I have not checked eBird, and Facebook has been down all afternoon. Inlet coordinates (no public access by land): (44.9050629, -92.7765527) Pete Nichols -- Peter Nichols, Ph.D. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
