Hi All— I finally posted my photo of the Black Scoter seen from Point Douglas Park in Washington Co. last week. My photo, however, was taken just north of the center of Prescott, Wisconsin, across the river from Point Douglas. John Holden and I saw this bird on 27 November, which I think was slightly before other reports started appearing. My photo is not as stunning as the one posted on the MOU webpages by Larry Sirvio, but looks slightly different than his. Mine does not seem to have as much white on the forehead and my bird seems to have a bicolored bill—though this may be due to a muddy bill tip. It is also possible that there were more than one Black Scoter on the St. Croix. http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com/ dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota [log in to unmask] http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika The White Album: Portraits of Minnesota Birds<http://www.blurb.com/b/3992062-the-white-album-portraits-of-minnesota-birds-dan-t> Two Years Among the Odonates <http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3467428> ".... the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ....”—H. D. Thoreau; "Back off, man. I'm a scientist."—Dr. Peter Venkman ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
