We are now up to 30 Northern Hawk Owls reported and again like before the bulk of the sightings are in northeastern Minnesota. There are more Great Gray Owl sightings popping up as we head into the winter months and most of these reports are coming from the Sax-Zim Bog area, Hedbom Logging Rd ( West of Floodwood, MN ), Aitkin Co. in the traditional locations along CR 18 and some reports coming from Lake County.
Gulls: Here are the following species of gulls that are either currently being seen or have been seen in the Duluth/Superior areas: Great Black-backed Gulls ( 2 first cycles, 1 2nd cycle and 2 adults ) Lesser Black-backed Gull ( 1 first cycle and 1 adult ) Thayer's Gulls ( 10 is the highest count for 1st cycle birds, 1 2nd cycle, 1 3rd cycle and 3-4 adults) Iceland Gulls ( 4 is the highest count for 1st cycle birds, 1 adult ) California Gull ( one 1st cycle ) Glaucous Gull ( 4 first cycles, 1 2nd cycle and so far no adults reported ) * Slaty-backed Gull ( last seen on November 13th at the Superior Entry Way and could be still around ) I would like to thank Peder Svingen, Karl Bardon, Cameron Rutt and Erik Bruhnke for all the good times we had this fall season spotting gulls together. Mike Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.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
