Hey birders,=0A=0ATom Dahlen and I relocated the Pomarine Jaeger Wednesday = morning. The bird was still present (and apparently in no hurry to leave) = at 11:15 when we left. We observed the bird for 45 minutes and saw it fly = only 3 times. Ring-billed Gulls were present in very low numbers (<20) com= pared to Monday afternoon (>60) when we first viewed the bird. A small flo= ck of Franklin's Gulls also passed overhead.=0A=0AOther birds along the Sak= atah trail: Fox, Song, White-throated, White-crowned, Harris', Swamp, Chipp= ing, and American Tree Sparrows, both kinglets, Eastern Bluebird, Wilson's = Snipe, Pectoral Sandpiper, Great Egret, and Rusty Blackbird.=0A=0AI also wa= nt to offer a late report of a dark-phase Harlan's Red-tail that passed ove= r the Bethany Lutheran College campus last Friday. Two other dark-phase Re= d-tails were also seen that day (51 Red-tails total).=0A=0AHappy birding!= =0A=0AChad Heins=0AMankato, MN=0A=0A
