At about Noon Sunday, I found an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, visible from the Prairie Island spillway: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=44.079447,-91.684299&spn=0.018035,0.038581&t=m&z=15
The bird was with a distant flock loafing on the ice NNE of the viewing location. Basically all water visible from this vantage point is in Minnesota waters.There are probably a hundred or so gulls here and several hundred more at the barge harbor (intersection of Prairie Island Road and Riverview Dr). Mostly Ring-billed, but there are many Herrings in the area as well. There has been a Lesser Black-backed in the La Crosse area, so perhaps this is the same bird. Dedrick BenzWinona, 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
