Over the past two days David La Puma, Jessica Gorzo, Max Henschell, Lars Pomara and I have been scouting around the Twin Ports and beyond for the upcoming Brrrrdathon. We explored Wisconsin Point and Canal Park two days ago, with relatively quiet gullwatching experiences. Sometimes the gulls are just tricky to come by, but we did have several Glaucous Gulls and a Thayer's Gull at the Superior Landfill, as well as a large raft of Red-breasted Mergansers seen from Lot 1 (Wisconsin Point). The drake Barrow's Goldeneye was seen at the Superior Entry, from the Wisconsin side. Yesterday we visited Sax-Zim Bog, and got to see a Northern Hawk Owl as well as Pine Grosbeaks, Gray Jays, a Northern Shrike and more! Below are some photos from the past two days of scouting for the Brrrrdathon. More pictures to come from the upcoming fundraiser! http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/brrrrdathon_2013 Northern Hawk Owl from yesterday http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/148249982 Male Barrow's Goldeneye from two days ago http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/148249976 Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN -- *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Birding Tours and Bird Photography [log in to unmask] (e-mail) www.naturallyavian.com (birding tours) www.pbase.com/birdfedr (photos) www.facebook.com/NaturallyAvian (facebook) ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html