On Thursday I swung by Purgatory Creek and easily found the two Snowy Egrets. Also there were a Bald Eagle, a fishing Osprey, Marsh Wren, and at least two Caspian Terns. But, the fish stole the show. The carp were running upstream to spawn. Lines of hugh carp, many about two feet long, were swimming under the bridge through water that was less than six inches deep. Under the bridge was a small pool where they congregated. Every few minutes I could hear a fish jump out of the water in an attempt to clear the two foot high dam, that in high water is completely submerged. I do not think that many were successful.
Today (Sunday) I visited a small pond on private land south of Farmington and found that shorebird migration has already begun. Besides the resident Killdeer and Spotted Sandpiper, I found a Lesser Yellowlegs and several Least Sandpipers. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
