In addition to the Red-throated Loons (7), Parasitic Jaeger (adult light-morph), Little Gull (adult), and Arctic Tern (adult photographed on the beach) all seen on the L Superior side of Park Point between 12th and 18th Streets (posted for me by Sharon Lind earlier), and the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher near the S end of Park Point near the Superior Entry (posted by SCmzd at aol.com), there were some additional sightings of note on L Superior this afternoon:
- 5 Surf Scoters, 16th St (Sparky Stensaas) - 2 Western Grebes, near 31st St (Dedrick Benz, Conny Brunell) - 25 Whimbrels, fly-bys at 31st St (Dedrick & Conny) - 5 Whimbrels, on the beach at 16th St (Mark Junghans) - Arctic Tern, in flight at 31st St (Mike Hendrickson) As far as I know, the Parasitic Jaeger (fly-by at 12th St) & Little Gull (fly-by at 18th St) have not been relocated by anyone since the iniitial sightings, nor has the Arctic Tern returned to roost on the beach at 18th St. Conny also had a lone Red-throated Loon on the lake side of the Recreation Area this morning, and she relocated at least part of that warbler wave found yesterday at the Recreation Area. This makes 3 consecutive days with several rarities found at Park Point, but it's possible the birding will be less eventful tomorrow with a change in the weather: a cold front with the winds shifting from the E to W-NW is in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow, although predicted thunderstorms may hold some of the birds in place. Kim Eckert (Please note new e-mail address <eckertkr at gmail.com>) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1598 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070523/913f3a51/attachment.bin
