Noteworthy migrants yesterday (4 April) in Duluth:
Canvasback -- Duluth harbor, near Interstate Island
Trumpeter Swan -- 2 still present, MN 23 bridge, Fond du Lac
Eastern Phoebe -- Indian Point
Song Sparrow -- Becks Road, Gary-New Duluth
Noteworthy migrants today (5 April) in Duluth:
Cackling Goose -- one near 27th Ave West
Black Scoter -- still present, 27th Ave West
Long-tailed Duck -- between Interstate Island and 27th Ave West
Red-necked Grebe -- two off 22nd St, Park Point
Horned Grebe -- two off Lafayette Square, Park Point
Killdeer -- Port Terminal
Gulls were gathering today at Wisconsin Point / Gull Bluff / Superior
Landfill, Douglas County, Wisconsin:
Ring-billed Gull -- total of 1,406 (also, >4,000 were counted at
Interstate Island)
Herring Gull -- total of 3,290
Thayer's Gull -- 2 adults, 1 first-cycle
Iceland Gull -- 1 adult, 1 first-cycle
Slaty-backed Gull -- adult on ice at Allouez Bay
Glaucous Gull -- 14 (5 adult, 2 third-cycle, 1 second-cycle, 6 first-
cycle)
This was my first sighting of the Slaty-backed since 14 March at
Wisconsin Point and 15 March in the Duluth harbor. The bird now shows
almost no streaking on its head and neck, but otherwise appears to be
the same individual seen in the area since late December. Also seen on
Allouez Bay this afternoon was a potential Glaucous-winged Gull,
though at this point a hybrid cannot be ruled out.
--
Peder H. Svingen
Duluth, MN
