I just read from a MOU post that there were apparently 2 Western Grebes and 1 Parasitic Jaeger seen at WI Point on Friday (yesterday.) Alyssa DeRubeis Stevens Point, Portage Co. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Bruhnke" <birdfedr@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, mou-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, October 8, 2010 12:28:41 AM Subject: [wisb] Wisconsin Point Western Grebe & more (Superior, WI) I birdwatched at Wisconsin Point this morning from about 7am to 9am. One highlight of the morning was counting a flock of 66 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. Another less-common highlight was a lone WESTERN GREBE observed on the lake-side from lot 1. In addition to yesterday's lone drake Bufflehead, I had four BUFFLEHEAD this morning. Photos will likely be posted tomorrow. Below is the list summarizing the morning's sightings Gadwall 3 Mallard 2 Green-winged Teal 6 Greater/Lesser Scaup 20 Bufflehead 4 Western Grebe 1 Bald Eagle 2 Semipalmated Plover 1 Sanderling 2 Bonaparte's Gull 66 Ring-billed Gull 400 Herring Gull 5 Belted Kingfisher 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Brown Creeper 1 American Robin 1 Lapland Longspur 2 Good birdwatching, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN NATURALLY AVIAN - Guided bird hikes and bird photography www.pbase.com/birdfedrbirdfedr@xxxxxxxxx Count Interpreter Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803 mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.hawkridge.org #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.