Noteworthy sightings today (12 April) in Duluth: Great Black-backed Gull (GBBG) -- second-cycle bird at Canal Park Townsend's Solitaire (TOSO) -- Park Point Recreation Area
Today's gull counts on Allouez Bay at Wisconsin Point: Ring-billed Gull (RBGU) -- 1,175 Herring Gull (HERG) -- 3,960 Thayer's Gull (THGU) -- 1 second-cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull (LBBG) -- adult Slaty-backed Gull (SBGU) -- adult Glaucous Gull (GLGU) -- 7 first-cycle, 2 second-cycle, 2 adult By the way, alpha code abbreviations for bird species can be found at: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/aspeclst.htm#A -- Peder H. Svingen Duluth, MN
