[mou] Long-Tailed Ducks, WWScoters-Cook County

[JELLISBIRD@aol.com]

Despite the wind (perhaps BECAUSE of it), there were Long-Tailed Ducks along 
the N. Shore this morning. At mile 121 (where old HGH 61 deadends from the 
south) there was a flock of 15-18 LTDucks feeding about 75-100 yds off shore at 
about 9:15 AM. Paradise Beach (Mile 123) had one more swimming and 3 more on a 
flyby. There were also Am. Goldeneye swimming with 2 Bufflehead and a single 
C. Loon. At 10:15 there were 7 more LTDucks (again near mile 121). On the way 
south at mile 116 (east of Five Mile Rock) there were three White-Winged 
Scoters feeding and offering food looks about 50-75 yds offshore. There might have 
been two Juv or F Harlequin ducks swimming east from the rock peninsula (E of 
the Harbor) at Grand Marais at 11:45 to 12:20 but they were too far for me to 
be sure they weren't F Buffleheads. There WERE two more Long Tailed Ducks east 
of the Harbor at the same time.

    John Ellis- St. Paul