The Common Ground-Dove in downtown Two Harbors could not be relocated after three hours of searching by several observers. I originally saw the bird at about 11:30 at the far west end of 1st Avenue (just west of the downtown district), near an abandoned brown brick building at a blocked gate to the railroad yards. After I watched it for 4-5 minutes, it flew south from the roadside to a barbed-wire fence, then flew down to the ground behind the fence on railroad property. This was the last I saw of the bird. It may have continued south or west into the railroad yard, which is unfortunately off limits.
I will be checking for it again this evening and tomorrow and will post if it is seen again. Jim Lind Two Harbors
