Today I was excited to hear Lake Osakis opened up. All the wind broke up the ice, so after school I headed over there. I was greeted by a lake full of whitecaps, the wind was blowing very hard. But within the waves I found several rafts of Red-breasted Mergansers. I also saw many flocks of Bonapartes Gulls resting on the water, or flying around over the water. As I was searching the Bonies for a different gull, I noticed a forked tail fly by. I followed it with my binoculars and it turned out to be a Forster's Tern. This is one of the earliest records for the north half of MN. I also had 3 Lesser and 1 Greater Yellowlegs around the lake on various ponds.
Ben Fritchman Long Prairie _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/
