Ty and Ida Baumann, Robbye Johnson, Daryl Tessen, and others have been lake watching from Wisconsin Point yesterday and today. The Baumanns reported seeing an Arctic Tern on the Wisconsin side of the state line yesterday morning. A juvenile Sabine's Gull (probably the same one seen by Jim LInd et al. at 5:15 PM today) was seen both yesterday and today by a number of birders at Wisconsin Point. Exceptional numbers of jaegers were also seen off Wisconsin Point today, including a well-marked adult light-morph Parasitic with tail streamers that was well seen on both sides of the state line--probably the same individual reported by Kim Eckert and others this afternoon. At about 5:15 PM, we had distant looks at a large, blackish, broad-winged jaeger harassing gulls near Gull Bluff--its wingspan appeared to be similar to that of the Ring-billed Gull that it was chasing. The adult Lesser Black-backed Gull first seen 9 September was observed this afternoon on the Minnesota side of the Superior Entry. -- Peder H. Svingen Duluth, MN
On Sep 20, 2006, at 9:47 PM, Jim Lind wrote: > At about 5:15 pm today a distant Sabine's Gull was briefly in view > out from Lafayette Square at Park Point. Jim Mattson, Doug Kieser, > and I watched as it was harassed by the Pomarine Jaeger while flying > out over the lake towards Wisconsin. I could make out the bold black > and white pattern on the wings as well as at least a partial hood, > but I couldn't tell if it was an adult or juvenile. Dave > Grosshuesch, and Don Keinholz arrived a little later and we had some > more decent looks at the Pomarine as it flew far out over the lake > and occasionally chased a passing gull. We also saw a probable adult > light morph Parasitic Jaeger and 3-4 other unidentified distant > jaegers. > > Jim Lind > Two Harbors >
