[mou] gull census at Superior Entry and Superior landill

[Peder Svingen]

More than 3,000 gulls were counted in the Duluth-Superior area today; 
the vast majority were at the landfill and on Alouez Bay in Wisconsin. 
All birds at the landfill were observed from the public road outside of 
the fenced-in area.
Ring-billed Gull -- 8 (plus 50 more at Canal Park, Duluth);
Herring Gull -- 2,850 (plus 400 more at Canal Park, Duluth);
Thayer's Gull -- 2 adults, one third-cycle, and two first-cycle (plus 
one more adult at Canal Park, Duluth);
Iceland Gull -- adult "Kumlien's" on the Minnesota side of the Superior 
Entry at 0930;
Slaty-backed Gull -- adult at Superior landfill 1053 to 1057 and from 
1310 to 1333;
Glaucous Gull -- 2 adults at Superior Entry, one second-cycle and one 
first-cycle at landfill (plus one adult at Canal Park, Duluth);
Great Black-backed Gull -- first-cycle on Alouez Bay at 1145 and 
subsequently refound at landfill.
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Peder H. Svingen
Duluth, MN