The consensus at Audubon Minnesota is that it is a 1st spring female White-winged Scoter.
Rebecca Field On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Curt Rawn <[email protected]> wrote: > The White-winged Scoter was still in this same area at 11 am. I parked in > Boom Island park and walked south to the Nicollet Island area. I was often > 12 feet from the bird as it searched for food and surfaced close to the > bank. > > Curt Rawn > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Alyssa DeRubeis <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > I observed the female-type White-winged Scoter off of Boom Island Park > > (Minneapolis) at 7:15pm. At one point, a boat came in and scared the > scaup > > and scoter. They flew from the north tip of Nicollet Island north towards > > the Plymouth Avenue bridge, but within a minute the scoter returned near > > its original spot, about 50 feet offshore. The bird was still there when > I > > left at 7:30pm. About 7 other birders were there. > > > > Thank you Doug Kieser for sharing Abigail Anderson's find, and thank you > to > > Doug, Rebecca Field, Jeanne Tanamachi, and Rob Daves for keeping me > updated > > on the scoter. > > > > I checked a couple of Golden Valley (also Hennepin Co.) ponds this > evening > > in hopes of spotting a Black-crowned Night Heron. I didn't find one, but > > there were 5 Great Egrets sporting their lovely breeding plumage. > > > > Good birding! > > > > Alyssa DeRubeis > > Lake Mills, IA > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > > > -- > Curt Rawn > 612-618-6200 > > ---- > 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
