We went to Gooseberry Fall SP to look at the birds there and found a very unexpected Hermit Thrush when we walked down to the falls. It was sticking close to the rock edges along the river underneath the top waterfall. I got a few pictures of it, one while it was on the same side of the river and another when it flew to the opposite side. The picture of the Thrush on the opposite side of the river is heavily cropped and very poor quality because it was snowing but in the picture you can see the tail has a reddish color diagnostic of a Hermit Thrush I think. From what I could find, this seemed to be a very late date for Hermit Thrushes in northern MN and especially along the north shore! Comments on the pictures are welcome.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/8225016035/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/8225016073/in/photostream/ Also unexpected was a female Northern Cardinal at the feeders. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/8225144673/in/photostream/ There were also many Pine Grosbeaks and Common Redpolls as well as a lone female White-winged Crossbill that passed through which I did not get a picture of. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/8226217764/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/8225015899/in/photostream/ On Monday 11/26 at Canal Park there were many different types of gulls including a third-cycle and an adult Great Black-backed Gull. Thanks to Peder Svingen for helping me identify the plumage of those gulls. Also present were one Glaucous Gull and Thayer's Gulls. Great Black-backed Gulls: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/8226357364/in/photostream/ Glaucous Gull: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/8225290065/in/photostream/ Ben Harste Bloomington, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
