[mou] Harlequins, Gr Black-b Gull, T Solitaire, etc still present

[Kim R Eckert]

The birding this morning in Duluth at Canal Park & Park Point was 
pretty eventful. The 2 previously-reported female-plumaged Harlequin 
Ducks were still present at Canal Park, swimming on the lake ~100 yards 
out from the south breakwall. Standing on the south breakwall was a 
first-winter Great Black-backed Gull, which flew off in the direction 
of the Superior Entry about 8:45 am (where presumably this same 
individual had been reported earlier). Also on this same breakwall was 
a first-winter Glaucous Gull and an adult Thayer's Gull.

Farther out on Park Point, a Townsend's Solitaire was relocated as it 
fed in the crabapple trees along the road ~150 yards S of the 43rd 
Street bus turn-around, near the entrance to the Recreation Area. Also 
present on the bay side of the Recreation Area were 2 White-winged 
Scoters, along with a small flock of Tundra Swans, a lone Canvasback, 
one Bonaparte's Gull, plus a few hundred diving ducks (mostly Com 
Goldeneyes).

Kim Eckert