These species were all still present at 9:30, except the Grebe. Also saw
Snowy and Great Egrets on the western shore. Make sure to dress warm.
Steve Slocum
Eden Prairie, MN
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From: "Conny Brunell" <connybrun...@earthlink.net>
To: <MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:12 AM
Subject: [mou-net] American Avocets at Purgatory Wetlands ~ Hennepin County
This morning there were 2 American Avocets foraging at the Purgatory Creek
Wetlands in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County. What a spectacular sight in
the morning sunshine to see these two graceful birds forage by sweeping
their long slender bills from side to side in the water both along the
mudflats and the weedy island. They flew back and forth between the two
showing off their distinctive black and white back and wing pattern and
vocalizing. There was also a Horned Grebe circling the mudflats that
contained a full house of Caspian and Forster's Terns, Franklin's and
Bonaparte's Gulls and Am. White Pelicans squeezed in there pretty tight.
Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Co.
Purgatory Creek Wetlands
The Purgatory Creek Wetlands is in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County. It is
south from MN State hwy 5 on Prairie Center Drive about .4 mile on the
south side of Prairie Center Drive. You will see the Purgatory Recreation
Area and The Flagship Corporate Center signed and can park in either lot
to walk the paved trail around the wetlands. A good viewing area is
behind the office building on the bridge that overlooks the wetland and
mudflats.
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