[mou] Duluth / Wisconsin Point

[Peder Svingen]

Noteworthy migrants yesterday (4 April) in Duluth:
	Canvasback -- Duluth harbor, near Interstate Island
	Trumpeter Swan -- 2 still present, MN 23 bridge, Fond du Lac
	Eastern Phoebe -- Indian Point
	Song Sparrow -- Becks Road, Gary-New Duluth

Noteworthy migrants today (5 April) in Duluth:
	Cackling Goose -- one near 27th Ave West
	Black Scoter -- still present, 27th Ave West
	Long-tailed Duck -- between Interstate Island and 27th Ave West
	Red-necked Grebe -- two off 22nd St, Park Point
	Horned Grebe -- two off Lafayette Square, Park Point
	Killdeer -- Port Terminal

Gulls were gathering today at Wisconsin Point / Gull Bluff / Superior  
Landfill, Douglas County, Wisconsin:
	Ring-billed Gull -- total of 1,406 (also,  >4,000 were counted at  
Interstate Island)
	Herring Gull -- total of 3,290
	Thayer's Gull -- 2 adults, 1 first-cycle
	Iceland Gull -- 1 adult, 1 first-cycle
	Slaty-backed Gull -- adult on ice at Allouez Bay
	Glaucous Gull -- 14 (5 adult, 2 third-cycle, 1 second-cycle, 6 first- 
cycle)

This was my first sighting of the Slaty-backed since 14 March at  
Wisconsin Point and 15 March in the Duluth harbor. The bird now shows  
almost no streaking on its head and neck, but otherwise appears to be  
the same individual seen in the area since late December. Also seen on  
Allouez Bay this afternoon was a potential Glaucous-winged Gull,  
though at this point a hybrid cannot be ruled out.

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Peder H. Svingen
Duluth, MN