Franklin's Gull, Alger Co., 6/11/2007

[scott hickman]

An adult Franklin's Gull in breeding plumage was at the mouth of the AuTrain 
River this afternoon.  This location is about 12 miles west of Munising on 
the north side of M28.   There is a yellow blinking light at the spot where 
you need to turn north off of M28 to park at the "MDOT Scenic View".   The 
mouth of the river is visible from the parking spaces at the top of the 
little hill.

A Whimbrel with reg legs is being reported by Jean Carpenter, other Piping 
Plover monitors, and visiting U of MN field ornithologists in Grand Marias.  
It was seen yesterday near the base of the western breakwall on the north 
side of town.  I was unable to find the bird at dawn this morning, but it 
has since been relocated a couple of hundred yards west of this location at 
the edge of the grasses covering the dunes.  Scott Hickman

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