Gulls were gathering again today at Wisconsin Point, Douglas County.
This area can be reached by driving US 2/US 53 to the eastern end of
Superior, then turn left at the sign for Wisconsin Point / Moccasin
Mike Road. Most of the birds were on the ice of Allouez Bay as the
winds raged ENE 25-30 gusting to 40 mph on Lake Superior. I was unable
to refind either of the two Iceland Gulls seen here yesterday. The
following counts include birds seen at the landfill or on Allouez Bay,
and were obtained between 12:15 and 2:40 PM. Have three species of
dark-mantled gull ever been seen together before in the Western Great
Lakes region?
Ring-billed Gull -- 317
Herring Gull -- 3,640 (>90% adults)
Thayer's Gull -- 3 adults, 1 second-cycle
Lesser Black-backed Gull -- adult graellsii
Slaty-backed Gull -- adult on ice at Allouez Bay for at least two hours
Glaucous Gull -- 15 (4 adult, 1 third-cycle, 1 second-cycle, 9 first-
cycle)
Great Black-backed Gull -- first-cycle
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Peder H. Svingen
Duluth, MN
