No, Linda, the water skier was just doing his New Years Day thing - there were several of them actually. I saw the Pelican - it has died - it was just south of the east bridge. I first thought it was sleeping, but from closer it was clearly gone. Many Swans at Black Dog, as well as crows, red tailed hawk, starlings, mallards. Surprisingly, no bald eagle at the time I was there, which was close to noon. Other New Years birds around the metro were gadwalls and ring neck ducks at Blue Lake in Shakopee, coot, hoody, black duck, robin and white fronted goose at Veterans Park in Shakopee. 3 woodpeckers at home - hairy, downy & red-belly. Surprisingly, no cardinal anywhere and I generally hear/see them at home every day, and the pine siskins didn't show up either. All in all, 22 species for New Years Day compared to 12 last year. Sue on Melody Lake, Edina -----Original Message----- >From: linda whyte <[email protected]> >Sent: Jan 1, 2009 10:52 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [mou-net] Black Dog New Year's Day - I'm not making this up > >Is it possible he was attempting to rescue the failing pelican >reported there twice by Diane Gulbrandsen (sp?)? I notice Roger >Everhart saw a pelican still there today. A friend and fellow >volunteer at The Raptor Center has done pelican rescue, and said she'd >be willing to try, if the bird is still there; I'll alert her >tomorrow. If anyone has current information about the bird, please >e-mail me. >Linda Whyte > >On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Jim Mattsson <[email protected]> wrote: >> At 10:30am today, from I-494, Laura and I witnessed something one doesn't >> normally see on January 1st in the Twin Cities - a WATER SKIER being towed >> in circles at the small opening in the main river channel at the east outlet >> of Black Dog Lake. No, this was not an alcohol/hangover-induced aberration >> on our part...but I'm not so certain about the motivation of the water skier. >> >> Now I have to start a new category for my 2009 sightings list. >> >> Happy New Year, >> >> Jim Mattsson >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> > >---- >Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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