[mou] Knife River Gulls, Lake County (& St. Louis County)

[Dan Amerman]

I did the quick drive up the Shore for lunch hour each
of the last two days, and was fortunate enought to see
the Lesser Black-backed Gull at the mouth of the Knife
River yesterday.  I was not able to refind it today,
but that doesn't mean much, as there are lots of
places in the area it can be besides the river mouth.

I did however see a fairly pale 2nd winter Thayer's
Gull that is worth checking out, whether the LBBG is
there or not.  The mantle and scapulars were mottled
pale gray and light tan color.  The primaries were on
the light side of medium brown, with pale fringes.

On Tuesday the 26th, I found a Pacific Loon on Agate
Bay, quite a ways out, I had to go to the end of the
breakwater to get some decent scope views.  On
Wednesday the 27th I found an adult Thayer's Gull on
the MN side of the Superior Entry, as well as a 1st
winter Thayer's Gull at the Superior Landfill, where I
also refound the large, particularly pale 1st winter
Glaucous Gull, as well as a smaller white primaried
gull that flew before I could ID it.  The gulls of
course go back and forth between the Entry and the
landfill, and can be either WI or MN birds in any
given hour.

Dan Amerman
Duluth, MN


		
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