Whoops. Please make that 5 Iceland Gulls. Apparently I can't add at the end of the day. Peder On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Peder Svingen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > With warmer than normal temperatures forecast to continue this winter, > there probably has never been a better prospect for large numbers of > wintering gulls in the Duluth-Superior area. Well over 5,000 Herring Gulls > are still in the area with at least 6 additional species seen in recent > weeks (the 1st-cycle California Gull from 12/06 has not been refound as far > as I know). Approximately 100 Ring-billed Gulls are still lingering; in a > normal winter we are lucky to get even one on the Duluth CBC (which will be > held one week from today). > > Today (12/12) I spent almost 3 hours at the Superior Entry with Robbye > Johnson, Ted Keyel, and Jan & Larry Kraemer. Afterwards, I estimated the > number of gulls at the Superior Landfill before carefully counting and > identifying nearly 1,000 gulls at Canal Park. Substantial numbers of > Herring and presumably other gull species at WLSSD are not included in the > following totals. For Thayer’s and less common species, individual birds > were carefully distinguished by plumage within each age class and most were > documented by photos. The following totals are based on my own observations > and may need to be adjusted after Robbye, Ted, and Jan review all of their > images. > > Thayer’s Gull — *Record high Minnesota count of 24 *(plus 2 more at the > landfill). Six 1st-cycle, six 2nd-cycle, five 3rd-cycle, and seven adults. > > Iceland Gull — *Total of 6 individuals*, all at Superior Entry (we also saw > one Thayer’s/Iceland intergrade). Two 2nd-cycle, one advanced 2nd-cycle, > one 3rd-cycle, one adult. This ties the 2nd-highest Minnesota count. > > Glaucous Gull — Two 1st-cycle and one adult at Superior Entry. Second-cycle > at Canal Park. > > Great Black-backed Gull — Three 1st-cycle at Superior Entry. Two 1st-cycle > at Canal Park, one of which was at the Entry earlier in the day. The adult > GBBG that’s been seen regularly at Canal Park was not seen today. > -- > Peder H. Svingen > Duluth, MN > [log in to unmask] > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- Peder H. Svingen Duluth, MN [log in to unmask]