There were only 3 shorebird species (all Tringas) present this evening at Purgatory Creek (Eden Prairie, Hennepin Co.) I only viewed from the blind, so there could have been more shorebirds near the bridge.
The only mudflat is the now smaller sandbar in the middle, which is dominated by gulls, ducks, pelicans, egrets, etc. Perhaps it is best to wait another week or two for the water levels to drop before visiting the wetlands. Other non-shorebirds included 6 duck species, 6 Caspian Terns, Brown Thrasher, R-W Blackbird, and a flyby of 2 B-C N Herons. Good birding- Alyssa DeRubeis tiger150 at comcast.net E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) Database version: 5.10590e http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080830/5be72370/attachment.html
