Thayer's Gull, Marquette County 3/15

[theowlranch at aol.com]

Howdy Listers,
 
I had a 1st year Thayer's Gull today in Marquette. The gull was located at the mouth of the Dead River on the north end of Lakeshore Drive and provided some stunning close looks in the late afternoon sun. This bird (along with a Ring-billed Gull that was also present) are some of the first spring migrants to the area thus far.
 
Other decent Marquette birds include a Hoary Redpoll that was present at my feeders for most of the day, and Alec Lindsey reports seeing a Townsend's Solitaire (most likely the Fair/Northrup bird) on the NMU campus over the weekend.
 
Good Birding
    ~Skye Haas
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