Thinking about scoters this afternoon. Personal experience of traveling to lakefronts (Superior & Michigan) in the fall & winter has yielded one of two experiences (generally): nail all three in good to excellent numbers, or miss entirely.
Wonder about others' experience - similiar or dissimilar? Are there particular weather (or related) conditions that lead to good scoter viewing (like jaegers)? Thanks for any input. Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties PS For MOU and MnBird recipients, 81 species in (an extended area of) central MN this week - including having the opportunity to serve on the record-breaking November Big Day team yesterday. Nothing terribly unusual since Saturday's Red-throated Loon & Little Gull on Mille Lacs Lake. Most ponds in Mille Lacs & Sherburne area frozen, bird numbers diminishing substantially last few days. Winter has set in early!
