[mou] Lake Co. L. Black-backed Gull relocated

[Jim Lind]

This evening Tom Auer and I relocated the 1st-winter Lesser Black-
backed Gull at the mouth of the Knife River, originally found 
yesterday by Chris Wood.  Although I've never seen one in this 
plumage, we saw most of the field marks including darker mantle, 
rounder head, and slightly smaller body size than Herring Gull, pale 
rump, a thin all-black bill, and lack of obvious "windows" on the 
inner primaries in flight.

At dusk there was a lone Cattle Egret at Agate Bay in Two Harbors 
roosting on the old concrete pier.  It might be one of the five birds 
seen in town over the weekend.

Jim Lind
Two Harbors