Today the 26 September I found two Sabine=E2=80=99s Gulls at separate locat= ions in Lac Qui Parle County.
The first was an adult at the Big Stone NWR main east pool. From the dam al= ong Hwy 75 it was seen just before 8:00am flying with a flock of 500+ Fra= nklin=E2=80=99s Gulls. Most of the Franklin=E2=80=99s eventually settled = on the water and islands along the south edge of the reservoir. When it l= anded the Sabine=E2=80=99s could not be seen among the group at that dist= ance. The second individual was a juvenile seen flying over Lac Qui Parle State P= ark. It was seen at least five separate times at various spots above the = park between noon and 12:30pm. This bird was also associating with large = numbers of Franklin=E2=80=99s Gulls (16,580+ at Lac Qui Parle Lake). Bill Unzen
