The following birds of interest were seen by Jim Lind and Peder Svingen while scouting for the Duluth CBC: Snow Goose -- one blue morph seen in flight near LaFarge Cement Plant; Canada Goose -- total of 207 in Duluth harbor; Greater Scaup -- two males and one female in Duluth harbor; Harlequin Duck -- one female and one immature male on Lake Superior near Fitger's parking ramp; Hooded Merganser -- female near the DECC in Duluth harbor; Gyrfalcon -- adult gray morph sitting on the ice in Duluth harbor just after 2:00 PM; Thayer's Gull -- two adults at Canal Park; Glaucous Gull -- one adult at Canal Park. We also studied an adult probable Herring Gull X Glaucous Gull at Canal Park. The farther away it got while drifting on an ice floe, the more it looked like an adult Glaucous-winged; in flight, this interesting bird could be easily mistaken for an adult "Kumlien's" Iceland Gull. -- Peder H. Svingen Duluth, MN
