Hello, On my way into work this morning (7:50am) I saw the Black-headed Gull on the fishing pier at "The Grade" on the north end of Big Spirit Lake. It was with about 20 Ring-billed Gulls and a single Franklin's. The red/orange legs and bill were very easy to see in the morning sunlight. For those who don't know, "The Grade" is the part of Jackson County Hwy 2 that splits Spirit Lake into the larger southern Iowa portion and the small northern Minnesota portion. The fishing pier is located in the NW corner of the lake and extends from the road out into the Iowa part of Spirit Lake. -- Derek Bakken [log in to unmask] ornitholature.blogspot.com birdsofdickinsoncounty.blogspot.com Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! Also, please report your bird sightings to eBird and/or the IOU/MOU. The information gathered is vital to the future of birds. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html