[mou] 3 Little Gulls and 5+ jaegers at Duluth

[psvingen@d.umn.edu]

Between 4:30 and 6:30 PM today (19 September), 3 juvenile/first-winter Little
Gulls and a minimum of 5 jaegers were seen on Lake Superior from the viewing
platform near Lafayette Square at 31st Street on Park Point. The adult Little
Gull seen yesterday afternoon between Lafayette Square and Canal Park was not
refound, but may still be in the area. The number of Bonaparte's Gulls was up
from yesterday afternoon and included many juveniles.

As many as 4 jaegers were in view simultaneously and for more than an hour, at
least one jaeger was in view at all times. One adult light-morph Parasitic, one
immature dark-morph Parasitic, two unidentified jaegers, and the juvenile
Pomarine Jaeger were carefully distinguished from one another, but more than 5
jaegers may have been present. 

This is the third consecutive afternoon that the Pomarine Jaeger has been seen.
Conventional wisdom states that east to northeast winds are best for jaeger
watching at Duluth, but the winds today were NNW at 14 mph. The dates, times,
winds, and other weather data for the six periods of observation of the Pomarine
Jaeger are shown below.

Date	Time of Day	Winds	Temp	Dew Pt	Barometer
4 Sep	1115-1215	N-ESE 7	75.0	48.0	30.20
6 Sep	1727-1731	ESE 10	62.5	55.9	30.04
10 Sep	1150-1154	E 14g23	57.9	39.0	30.34
17 Sep	1430-1530	SW 19	64.9	46.0	29.56
18 Sep	1625-1630	WNW 8	46.4	41.0	29.56
19 Sep	1650-1658	NNW 14	48.9	35.1	29.98

Peder H. Svingen
Duluth, MN