Notes of Interest

Purple Gallinule, salvaged 3 November 2015, Duluth, St. Louis County. Photo by Mollie Kreb,

Cable Natural History Museum.

have kept mostly sketchy records of spring

return dates and ice out information. I have

participated in the Marsh Monitoring Program

since 2007, gathering data on both birds and

amphibians. I check my traps everyday, and

have never before seen or heard any sign of

a gallinule, though I always keep an eye open

for anything unique or unusual.

I donated the Purple Gallinule to the Cable

Natural History Museum last year after touring

their facility. The museum’s curator, Mollie

Kreb, received the specimen and had it mount-

ed for their collection. — David Blazevic,

Duluth, MN 55808.

Editor’s Note: This fifth state record was the

second Purple Gallinule report from Duluth

during the fall of 2015. The first was another

immature bird which was recovered on 23 Oc-

tober about ten miles northeast of this second

individual’s location and released a few days

later in Florida (The Loon 88:3). — AXH

Purple Gallinule, salvaged 3 November 2015,

Duluth, St. Louis County. Photos by Mollie

Kreb, Cable Natural History Museum.

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