The female King Eider in Duluth was first found by Greg Garmer around 2:00 pm on L Superior out from his residence at Beacon Pointe on Water St near the 21st Ave East access. He contacted Karl Bardon who then saw the bird and notified other Duluth birders. When I arrived around 2:45 the eider had moved east a bit and was out from 23rd Ave East, which is what 21st Ave E becomes after it curves down the hill from I-35 to the lake. (If the eider is here tomorrow, it's best to park on Water St by the stop sign at 23rd Ave E and walk the short block down to the lake.)
As Karl first noticed, the eider was with a female White-winged Scoter, and around 3:15 Erik Bruhnke spotted a female Barrow's Goldeneye at this same location, and after I returned there I noticed a male White-winged Scoter swim into view! Over the next half hour or so, several other birders arrived, and all 4 birds – the female eider, the female Barrow's, and the pair of scoters – were visible simultaneously from the end of 23rd Ave E until dusk. Kim R Eckert, Duluth http://www.mbwbirds.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
