Led a small group at the Purgartory Creek Recreation Area last night from 6:30-about 8 pm for the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter. Water levels were fairly high. It rained a few times while we were there. Birds seen:
American White Pelicans (4-5) Forster's Terns (several) Caspian Tern (1?) Ring-billed gulls Ruddy Ducks (15?) Scaup (8?) Mallard Blue-winged teal (1) Canadian Geese Spotted Sandpiper (1 or 2) Great Blue Heron (3-4) DC Cormorant (1) Bald Eagle (1) Red Winged Blackbirds - male and female Song Sparrows Yellow Rumped Warblers Roughwinged Swallow Tree Swallow - one inside a new-looking nest hole Barn Swallow Downy Woodpecker Flicker, male and female Anne Hanley & George Skinner Hennepin Co ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
