[mou] Duluth update / Gyrfalcon

[Peder Svingen]

The following birds of interest were seen by Jim Lind and Peder Svingen 
while scouting for the Duluth CBC:
Snow Goose -- one blue morph seen in flight near LaFarge Cement Plant;
Canada Goose -- total of 207 in Duluth harbor;
Greater Scaup -- two males and one female in Duluth harbor;
Harlequin Duck -- one female and one immature male on Lake Superior 
near Fitger's parking ramp;
Hooded Merganser -- female near the DECC in Duluth harbor;
Gyrfalcon -- adult gray morph sitting on the ice in Duluth harbor just 
after 2:00 PM;
Thayer's Gull -- two adults at Canal Park;
Glaucous Gull -- one adult at Canal Park.
We also studied an adult probable Herring Gull X Glaucous Gull at Canal 
Park. The farther away it got while drifting on an ice floe, the more 
it looked like an adult Glaucous-winged; in flight, this interesting 
bird could be easily mistaken for an adult "Kumlien's" Iceland Gull.
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Peder H. Svingen
Duluth, MN