On Monday evening I stopped at the Purgatory Creek lake behind the Flagship office building in Eden Prairie and found:
Caspian Tern (1) Marsh Wren Spotted Sandpiper Ospray Ring-billed Gulls (272) where are they nesting? unk. Gull: larger than RBGU's but not as large as a Herring. Bill is quite long and heavier than the RBGU's. Head is flatter also. Looks like it is molting from immature plumage. Color is quite light with splotches of light brown. Wing tips and tail appear to be brown, but again not very dark. Head shape and size suggested a California Gull, but color is a mystery. I had hoped to be able to get out there today (tuesday) and take a picture, but that did not happen. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected]
