This morning there were three Parasitic Jaegers on Lake Superior out from the Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point. All were adult light morphs; one was in breeding plumage and the other two were in non- breeding plumage. All three had sharply pointed central retrices, visible as they harassed Ring-billed Gulls.
I ran into Sparky Stensaas and he had nine Red-throated Loons on the lake past the airport. At least five of these were visible from the boardwalk near the airport. I saw an additional three on Wisconsin Point out from the first pullout. The Red-bellied Woodpecker is still present at the bus turnaround before the recreational area. I heard another Red-bellied along Stony Point Drive while I was watching a Northern Mockingbird on the lawn of the westernmost house. A lone Short-billed Dowitcher was on the rocks near Knife Island in Lake County Jim Lind Two Harbors
