This is funny. It reminds me of the morning I had up in Duluth searching for a Little gull on 5/25. I sifted through at least 30 Bonaparte's Gulls near the end of Park Point near the Wisconsin entry. I was very careful to look at every detail of each bird and I even went out on the break wall with my scope. I was so close to the birds that I felt there was no chance that I could have missed the bird if it was in the cluster of birds I was looking at. Later that day two birders reported seeing not just one but both a juvenile and an adult Little Gull near the end of Park Point! I couldn't believe it! I am still not sure if they saw them at the same location as me. I was not totally disappointed though because I still had a very enjoyable time birding, seeing lots of other species and I had not driven very far to get there from my In-law's house. It does go to show that chasing a "lifer" can either be incredibly rewarding or somewhat disappointing. I think if I had been waiting at a feeder for a "life" bird it really would have been a bad birding experience. Jason Caddy Minneapolis [email protected]
> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 11:12:07 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [mou-net] How To Plan & Execute A Bad Day's Birding > To: [email protected] > > Hi, Birders: > > I saw this subject title while browsing on the Illinois listserve earlier > today by a birder named Al Stokie. He's writing about how he and a birding > friend chased for a Tri-colored Heron in Illinois yesterday. I thought it > was pretty funny and thought I'd share the link with birders here in > Minnesota. We all feel good when we chase for a rarity and find it but we > all can relate to driving/searching for hours to look for a rarity and don't > find it. Anyway, here's the link to Al's post, hope you enjoy it, too: > > http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=458429&MLID=IL&MLNM=Illinois > > Brian Smith > Sleepy Eye > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
