Pacific Loon was still present today out from Linwood Resort on the east side of the lake. Very nice find by Milt. Also present 5 Common Loons for nice comparisons, although the Pacific was staying by itself most of the time. In the area were two White-winged Scoters, one flock of 200 Buffleheads and Common Goldeneye, 4 late Western Grebes, and a separate flock of near 400 Redheads, ringnecks, scaup, Gadwall, Mallards, and a few others. Staying away from shore and the hunting areas. We never heard a shot while we birded the lake area for 2 plus hours. At Battle Point Park there was a Red-necked Grebe and 2 more Common Loons. Every single gull was a Ring-billed Gull. Probably 200 plus birds and no variation. The 3 Black Scoters were still on the east pond at the Rice sewage ponds. Dennis and Barbara Martin Shorewood, MN [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Milton Blomberg" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 1:30 PM Subject: [mou-net] Pacific Loon-Osakis > Birded Lake Osakis this morning and just after the rain quit and on the > Todd County side (NE part of the lake) near Sunfish Resort bay area (S of > Battle Point County Park), found a nicely colored Pacific Loon. Other > birds on or around the lake, though sporadic, > 1-Western Grebe, 1-Pied-billed Grebe, Ringneck Ducks, 100 HoodMergs, > 2-Goldeneye, only several hundred coots, Red-winged blackbirds. > White-capping by 11AM, no scoters. > In a plowed field with Ring-billed Gulls, a huge flock of Brewer's > Blackbirds. mjb > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html