I got to Wisconsin Point just before sunrise this morning, and had some wonderful sightings while birdwatching with some friends. All of these sightings were observed from the first pull-off on the right as you're heading down Wisconsin Point (lot #1)
Canada Goose 10 Green-winged Teal 8 Greater/Lesser Scaup 25 Ruffed Grouse 1 Double-crested Cormorant 10 Great Blue Heron 1 Bald Eagle 2 Merlin 1 American Golden-Plover 3 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Bonaparte's Gull 60 Ring-billed Gull 1000 Herring Gull 8 Northern Flicker 1 Black-capped Chickadee 6 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 American Robin 4 American Pipit 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Lapland Longspur 3 Purple Finch 1 Pine Siskin 2 Bonaparte's Gull (cool in-flight shot, side comparison of adult vs juvenile) http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/128999137 Bonaparte's Gull http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/128999134 Ring-billed Gull in flight: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/128999141 Greater Yellowlegs, flying overhead: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/128999139 Sunrise this morning: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/128999144 Good birdwatching, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN NATURALLY AVIAN - Bird photography and guided bird hikes www.pbase.com/birdfedr [email protected] <http://www.hawkridge.org> Count Interpreter Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN [email protected] www.hawkridge.org ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
