Two Pacific Loons and a probable Red-throated Loon were found this weekend during a Minn Birding Weekend trip to Mille Lacs and L Winnibigoshish. One Pacific Loon was seen Saturday in Wigwam Bay on Mille Lacs (on the W side of the lake, about 3 mi N of the casino), and the other was seen today from Plughat Point public access on L Winnie in Itacsa Co (turn N off Co Rd 9 just E of the Mississippi R dam).
Also on Saturday on Mille Lacs a probable Red-throated Loon was briefly seen in Vineland Bay in Mille Lacs Co (about 1.5 mi S of the casino). About the only other birds of note were 2 Cape May Warblers: one on the N side of Mille Lacs in Aitkin Co at the Wealthwood wayside/public access, and the other at the fish hatchery ponds along Cass Co Rd 9, just W of the Mississippi R dam. Kim Eckert
