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For those interested in the Black-headed Gull which appears in the fall at Crandall Bay, on the NW side of Spirit Lake, IA, I saw it today for about 1/2 an hour. It was about--oh, 300 ft. from Minnesota. For directions, e-mail me or check the Iowa postings on <<www.birdingonthe.net>>. The bird posed nicely on the high end rock on the right side of tghe inlet to the bay from Spirit Lake. It did a good imitation of a flycatcher- it would return to the same perch after skimming something off the surface of the area where the lake spills into the bay--I watched for 15 minutes and got incredible looks. It did fly away after the 3rd fishing boat came in and crowded it. It then flew (w/a few Bonaparte and Franklin and Ring-billed) N for a bit. It crossed the road to the part of the bay into Minnesota before circling and returning to the water this time--harder to see. Not long--but I can count this life bird in 2 states now! What a great morning. Other things, too. The best was a small group of Common Tern. Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD -------------------------------1096312769 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META charset=3DUS-ASCII http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; cha= rset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>For those interested in the Black-headed Gull which appears i= n the fall at Crandall Bay, on the NW side of Spirit Lake, IA, I saw it toda= y for about 1/2 an hour. It was about--oh, 300 ft. from Minnesota. For direc= tions, e-mail me or check the Iowa postings on <<www.birdingonthe.net&= gt;>.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The bird posed nicely on the high end rock on the right side=20= of tghe inlet to the bay from Spirit Lake. It did a good imitation of a flyc= atcher- it would return to the same perch after skimming something off the s= urface of the area where the lake spills into the bay--I watched for 15 minu= tes and got incredible looks. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It did fly away after the 3rd fishing boat came in and crowded it. It t= hen flew (w/a few Bonaparte and Franklin and Ring-billed) N for a bit. It cr= ossed the road to the part of the bay into Minnesota before circling and ret= urning to the water this time--harder to see. Not long--but I can count this= life bird in 2 states now! What a great morning. Other things, too. The bes= t was a small group of Common Tern.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Doug Chapman</DIV> <DIV>Sioux Falls, SD</DIV></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1096312769--
