I took a bunch of photos of the gull that is probably a first Minnesota record of a Slaty-backed Gull in Grand Marais today. I've posted a few of them--I'll get more up on this link later. Meanwhile, Denny Martin and Dave Cahlender got what I bet were much better photos--I'm sure they'll pop up on the MOU photo page soon.
http://www.birderblog.com/bird/Species/Gulls/Slaty-backedGull/SBGUGallery.html Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Staff Ornithologist Binoculars.com www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson
