Just Stopped by point Douglas park to see the long tail duck. She was out a ways, but did get a pretty good look. As I was leaving, two White-winged Scoters landed behind the restrooms on the lake. Life list for me.
Sent from my iPad On Dec 11, 2011, at 2:10 PM, "Matt Dufort" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I spent some time this morning checking out Lake Calhoun and Lake Harriet in > west Minneapolis, from about 8:00 until 10:00. Ran into Raymond Tervo and > Bruce Fall at several spots. Few gulls, with less diversity than reported > yesterday afternoon (when Lesser Black-backed, Glaucous, and Franklin's were > all present). Lots of ducks, though, including some surprises. > > Highlights > Thayer's Gull - one adult flying over Lake Calhoun (the only gull other than > Herring and Ring-billed) > Long-tailed Duck - on the west side of Lake Calhoun with hundreds of > goldeneye and mergansers. Spotted by Bruce Fall. A very dark bird, probably a > first-year female. Kept picking up and flying around the lake, but returning > to the same general area. > > The big mallard flock at the south end of Lake Harriet included quite a few > Shoveler, a Wigeon, Pied-billed Grebe, Lesser Scaup, Ruddies, Hooded Merg. > Nice mix to find right in the cities this late in the year. > > Good birding, > Matt Dufort > > ---- > 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
