This afternoon around 3:30 I located a juvenile Black Scoter on South Stanchfield Lake in NW Isanti County. The bird was loosely associating with a flock of Ruddy Ducks, which made for an interesting comparison. The bird was at the south end of the lake, and was most easily seen from Llama St NW, which is on the west side of the lake. You will need a scope.
Also, at the location where I viewed the Black Scoter, there is a pasture and adjacent corn stubble field between Llama St NW and the lake that had approximately 30 geese resting or foraging. At least ten of these geese were Cackling Geese, and at least 4 of them were Snow Geese (1 white and 3 blue). Herb Dingmann St. Cloud ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html