My family and I took a one-day trip along the North Shore yesterday (Friday, October 29). Our better sightings included-
HORNED GREBE - 1 at Park Point GREATER SCAUP - Park Point SURF SCOTER - 1 at Paradise Beach WHITE-WINGED SCOTER - 3 at Grand Marais, 8 at Paradise Beach NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 at Park Point BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 8 at Park Point on the beach THAYER'S GULL - 1st winter bird at Grand Marais LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL - 1st winter bird at Knife River BOHEMIAN WAXWING - 5 in downtown Grand Marais SNOW BUNTING - Grand Marais Also, in or around my yard recently I've had trumpeter swan, tundra swan, cackling goose, and northern shrike Keith Pulles, Wright County
