[mou] Forster's Tern

[Benjamin Fritchman]

Today I was excited to hear Lake Osakis opened up. All the wind broke up the 
ice, so after school I headed over there. I was greeted by a lake full of 
whitecaps, the wind was blowing very hard. But within the waves I found 
several rafts of Red-breasted Mergansers. I also saw many flocks of 
Bonapartes Gulls resting on the water, or flying around over the water. As I 
was searching the Bonies for a different gull, I noticed a forked tail fly 
by. I followed it with my binoculars and it turned out to be a Forster's 
Tern. This is one of the earliest records for the north half of MN.
I also had 3 Lesser and 1 Greater Yellowlegs around the lake on various 
ponds.

Ben Fritchman
Long Prairie

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