Last evening there was a significant movement of Green Darners and other dragonflies along the beach at Park Point. During a two-hour lake watch, I saw a Little Gull among 1000s of Ring-billed Gulls and several dozen Bonaparte's Gulls. No sign of any jaeger species and there was a puzzling, complete absence of any tern species. Zero shorebirds except for one Killdeer. The lake is currently calm, but east winds are forecast later in the day.
I logged on this morning and discovered via a posting to the Wisconsin listserve that Robbye Johnson had seen an adult Little Gull in basic plumage at Wisconsin Point on Monday and Wednesday of this past week--presumably the same individual that I observed off Lafayette Square (a.k.a. Park Point community center) on the lakeside of Park Point last evening at about 5:00 PM. -- Peder H. [email protected], MN
