I was quite amazed to see an estimated 124+ White Pelicans migrating northnortheastward at rather low altitude up I-35 just north of Moose Lake, Carleton County Sunday evening. In speculating on where these late migrants might be headed if they followed their observed bearings, I found that the colonies on Lake Nipigon, Ontario north of Lake Superior were up to 638 pairs as of 2004 and a new colony had formed as far north as Akimiski Straits, James Bay, Nunavut with 40 adults in 2006 (from Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario 2001-2005--a splendid 706 pp. book that anyone wanting to know more about Minnesota migrants and where they go in the summer should buy). Still lots of birds left to go north (nighthawks, shorebirds, cuckoos, dickcissels, warblers and more) Bob Russell, USFWS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080602/9c1083f4/attachment.html
