[mou] Cook County

[Peder Svingen]

Noteworthy sightings for Sunday, 24 October by Phil Chu, Bill Schmoker,
Chris Wood and I (other observers as noted parenthetically):
Cackling Geese (3) at Lutsen Resort, Cook County (Jim Lind).
Northern Pintail (1) at Grand Portage sewage ponds, Cook County.
Greater Scaup (3) at Grand Portage sewage ponds.
Surf Scoter (1) at Five Mile Rock, Cook County.
Surf Scoter (2) at Paradise Beach, Cook County.
White-winged Scoter (3) at Grand Marais, Cook County.
White-winged Scoter (12) at Paradise Beach.
Pacific Loon *not refound* at Paradise Beach.
Thayer's Gull (juvenile/first-winter) at Grand Marais (Jim Lind).
Glaucous Gull (adult) at Grand Portage National Monument.
Great Gray Owl (1) 52.1 miles up Gunflint Trail, Cook County (Chris Wood,
Bill Schmoker).
Short-eared Owl (1) 44.5 miles up Gunflint Trail (Chris and Bill).
Black-backed Woodpecker (1) at Grand Portage.
Orange-crowned Warbler at Grand Marais (Jim Lind).
Bohemian Waxwing (1) at Grand Portage border crossing.
Red Crossbills, Pine Siskins, and Evening Grosbeaks at Grand Portage.

The Fork-tailed Flycatcher southwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario, showed well
both yesterday and today. See Ontario listserve for directions.
-- 
Peder H. Svingen - psvingen@d.umn.edu - Duluth, MN