[mou] Calhoun Lesser Black-backed Gull

[chetmeyers@visi.com]

Chet Meyers writes:
Keith Olstad and I birded Calhoun this evening (11-14) and the lesser black-
backed gull, that was missing for a few days, was back, once again arriving
about ten minutes before sundown.  One other strange gull but it was too dark
to do any positive ID.  Hopefully the nasty weather will move some glaucous
gulls down our way.
P.S.  While the Ross's goose at Hiawatha jumps out at you (at least before the
snow arrives) try finding the one or two cackling geese among the 1,000
Canada's; and bring your calipers as their are at least three or four different
subspecies of Canada geese present.  The cacklers I found may have been
intergrades.  They had the head and bill of a cackler (Richardson's) but their
body was only a tad smaller than the some of the lesser Canadas.  Not like the
tiny cackler that was at Lakewood Cemetery two months ago.
Chet Meyers