Today, from about 10:00 to 11:30 AM, the adult male Barrow's Goldeneye = was visible from Freedom Park in Prescott, WI. The bird was in MN = waters for nearly the entire time.
Also in the same area was the previously reported Long-tailed Duck. In a related matter, "old hands" may be unsurprised to know that there = is a *lot* less open water, relative to last Saturday. With colder = temperatures about to settle in, the open-water situation seems, if = anything, likely to get worse. In an unrelated matter, I was also at the "Mountain Bluebird spot" = (175th Ave. near Presley Circle) from about noon to 2:00, and saw no = bluebirds. Phil Chu Department of Biology St. John's University Collegeville, MN 56321
