[mou] Jaegers!!
Mike Hendrickson
smithville4@charter.net
Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:44:34 -0500
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Like Kim Eckert mentioned the best spot today for observing the lake was =
at the 12th Street tot lot parking lot at Park Point. I arrived at the =
12th street parking lot at 12pm and stayed until 2:30pm. Other than the =
birds Kim already has posted I will post what I seen after Kim left.
- 5 Parasitic Jaegers (3 adult light morph adults & 2 immatures)
- 1 Pomarine Jaeger ( had size comparisons with Bonaparte Gulls and a =
Parasitic Jaeger)
- 5 unidentified Jaegers
The five Parasitic Jaegers were flying in groups of two and three right =
along the beach! No more than 50 yards from where I was parked! I had =
over 25 sightings in two hours of jaegers passing me by. I had a group =
of four unidentified jaegers flying several hundred yards out in the =
lake and then minutes later a small group of three Parasitics will fly =
in front of me. I believe there might be as many as 15-20 jaegers on the =
western edge of Lake Superior! I will be calling a birder in Superior, =
WI tonight to get her totals on what they are saw today at WI Pt.
The Pomarine Jaeger was flying right over the beach allowing me to see =
many of the fieldmarks that make this bird so different from a =
Parasitic Jaeger. There were a few sightings of Common Terns and a fair =
amount of Bonaparte's Gulls seen all day today on Lake Superior.
Tomorrow the winds will die down to 10mph from the east instead of the =
25-30 mph gusts we are having today. If the hawk migration is very slow =
at the ridge, then head on down to Park Point and scan the lake! If you =
see a large vessel on Lake Superior Saturday morning with a bunch of =
birders on board yelling & screaming and tossing high fives at each =
other - well that'll be a bird trip I am leading (-:
Get your butt to Duluth!=20
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Michael Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Like Kim Eckert mentioned the =
best spot=20
today for observing the lake was at the 12th Street tot lot parking lot =
at Park=20
Point. I arrived at the 12th street parking lot at 12pm and stayed =
until=20
2:30pm. Other than the birds Kim already has posted I will post what I =
seen=20
after Kim left.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>- 5 Parasitic Jaegers (3 =
adult light=20
morph adults & 2 immatures)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>- 1 Pomarine Jaeger ( =
had size=20
comparisons with Bonaparte Gulls and a Parasitic Jaeger)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>- 5 unidentified =
Jaegers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>The five Parasitic Jaegers =
were flying in=20
groups of two and three right along the beach! No more than 50 yards=20
from where I was parked! I had over 25 sightings in two hours of =
jaegers=20
passing me by. I had a group of four unidentified jaegers =
flying several=20
hundred yards out in the lake and then minutes later a small group =
of three=20
Parasitics will fly in front of me. I believe there might be as =
many as=20
15-20 jaegers on the western edge of Lake Superior! I will be calling a =
birder=20
in Superior, WI tonight to get her totals on what they are saw =
today=20
at WI Pt.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>The Pomarine Jaeger was =
flying right over=20
the beach allowing me to see many of the fieldmarks that make this =
bird so=20
different from a Parasitic Jaeger. There were a few sightings of =
Common=20
Terns and a fair amount of Bonaparte's Gulls seen all day today on Lake=20
Superior.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Tomorrow the winds will die =
down to 10mph=20
from the east instead of the 25-30 mph gusts we are having today. =
If the=20
hawk migration is very slow at the ridge, then head on down to =
Park=20
Point and scan the lake! If you see a large vessel on Lake=20
Superior Saturday morning with a bunch of birders on=20
board yelling & screaming and tossing high fives at each =
other -=20
well that'll be a bird trip I am leading (-:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Get your butt to=20
Duluth!</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Michael =
Hendrickson<BR>Duluth,=20
Minnesota<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart=
er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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