[mou] (Fwd) Say's phoebe on Artist's Point, Grand Marais

[Jim Lind]

I just received this e-mail regarding a Say's Phoebe at Grand Marais 
on the 25th.

Jim Lind

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From:           	"Lissa" <lgrover at boreal.org>
Subject:        	Say's phoebe on Artist's Point, Grand Marais
Date sent:      	Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:38:56 -0500

Harvey Sobieck and Lissa Grover saw a Say™s phoebe on Friday, April 
25 at 10AM. It was feeding on the outer rocks and along the break 
wall on Artist™s Point. It stayed close to the rocks, perching on the 
rocks, the break wall, and the cable above the break wall. The winds 
were 8-10 mph from the north, gusting to 15-20, so the bird was on 
the lee side of the wall, toward Lake Superior.

We saw the bird for 10 minutes hunting in the rocks and picking items 
off the side of the break wall as it moved from the western edge of 
the trees on Artist™s Point out toward the lighthouse, stopping to 
hunt about every 50 feet. It kept moving and as we followed we stayed 
about 50 feet from it. 

When we first saw it I thought it resembled a thrush when it landed, 
but the tail was too long for a thrush. We were able to see a long 
black tail, pale orange belly, medium gray breast, dark gray head 
with a darker eyestripe, and 2 faint wing bars. It flew like a 
flycatcher, jumping up to the side of the break wall, grabbing with 
it™s feet, and landing back down to the rocks nearby. The belly was 
pale orange, not yellow. 

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