I re-found the Pacific Loon in St. Albans Bay. It was in the Southwest corner of the bay about 25 yards out from the reed line. Spent about 20 minutes observing the adult bird. I did not find the Red-throated or the Godwit. Did find lots of Bonaparte's Gulls and good numbers of Common Loons. Other birds: American Pipit 1 Greater Yellow-legs. (Aitkin County)By Wealthwood on the sand bars.
I then made the trip to Hawk Ridge in time to see one Golden Eagle. Missed the Northern Goshawks, Mountain Bluebird and even after running into Chris Benson I could not relocate the Long-Tailed Duck. John Quinn Technical Tool Products, Inc. 7600 W 27th Street Suite B11 St. Louis Park MN 55427 Office: 952-974-3042 Mobile: 612-518-0663 Website: www.technicaltoolproducts.com -----Original Message----- From: Peder Svingen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:52 AM To: MOU-net Subject: [mou] Record-high count of Common Loons on Mille Lacs Anthony Hertzel and I conducted a 7 and 1/2 hour survey of Mille Lacs Lake on Wednesday (18 October). In spite of snow squalls, intermittent drizzle, and blustery northwest winds, we counted a total of 2,729 Common Loons. This represents a new record-high count for Minnesota (2,511 were tallied at this same location 18 October 2000). The vast majority were along the north and west shores, including a flock of 1,061 off Wealthwood. We also counted a total of 1,923 Bonaparte's Gulls. Other highlights included a Red-throated Loon and a late Hudsonian Godwit along the north shore (Aitkin County), an adult Pacific Loon photographed on St. Albans Bay (Crow Wing County), and a late Common Tern at Isle (Mille Lacs County). Though not counted individually, numbers of Horned Grebes were estimated to be the highest since our surveys started there about 10 years ago. -- Peder H. Svingen Duluth, MN _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
