This morning, 16 March, there was still a first-winter Great Black- backed among the other gulls at Canal Park in Duluth, presumably one of the individuals which have been wintering here. At the time, there were only a few dozen gulls present. There was also a probable first- winter Thayer's Gull here, but I had no scope with me to confirm it wasn't an "Iceland". In the open water behind the WLSSD sewage treatment plant at 27th Ave West, there was still a male Hooded Merganser among the other ducks, probably the same bird I saw here last week, but no other new migrants could be detected given the limited visibility behind the gate and fence. Kim R Eckert [log in to unmask] http://www.mbwbirds.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html