[mou] MOU Field Trip Report: Pelagic #2

[Tom Auer]

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Following a "century" storm in the Duluth area, with high winds and
torrential rains, 26 hopeful MOU members boarded the LL Smith Jr in search
of something blown in by the weather. Unfortunately, it appears that the
storm blew everything OUT of the area. Waterfowl were mostly absent from th=
e
trip, but gulls were in high abundance. A bounty of popcorn (thanks Shawn!
and everyone) allowed us to keep a constant and steady flock of gulls behin=
d
us the whole while. This provided us with out best birds of the day, in the
form of a 1st winter THAYER'S GULL and nice looks at BONAPARTE'S GULL. The
one exciting waterfowl of the trip, was a well behaved BLACK SCOTER seen
nicely in the harbor, as the trip was ending. Despite a lack of activity,
the weather was quite pleasant and the trip was picturesque.

Thanks to Captain Dan Rau, my co-leaders: Mike Hendrickson, Bob Dunlap, and
Kim Eckert. And thanks to everyone who came! Pictures will eventually make
it to my website.

Tom Auer
MOU Field Trip Chairman

--
www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 <http://www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009>

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Following a &quot;century&quot; storm in the Duluth area, with high winds a=
nd
torrential rains, 26 hopeful MOU members boarded the LL Smith Jr in
search of something blown in by the weather. Unfortunately, it appears
that the storm blew everything OUT of the area. Waterfowl were mostly
absent from the trip, but gulls were in high abundance. A bounty of
popcorn (thanks Shawn! and everyone) allowed us to keep a constant and
steady flock of gulls behind us the whole while. This provided us with
out best birds of the day, in the form of a 1st winter THAYER'S GULL
and nice looks at BONAPARTE'S GULL. The one exciting waterfowl of the
trip, was a well behaved BLACK SCOTER seen nicely in the harbor, as the
trip was ending. Despite a lack of activity, the weather was quite
pleasant and the trip was picturesque.<br>
<br>
Thanks to Captain Dan Rau, my co-leaders: Mike Hendrickson, Bob Dunlap,
and Kim Eckert. And thanks to everyone who came! Pictures will
eventually make it to my website.<br>
<br>
Tom Auer<br>
MOU Field Trip Chairman<br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><a href=3D"http://www.d=
.umn.edu/~auer0009">www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009</a>

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