Today on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, Hennepin County there was a Horned Grebe mixed in with a large flock (76) of Common Mergansers. There was a Common Loon, (44) Common Goldeneye, (15) Northern Shovelers, Lesser Scaup, Hooded Merganser, Ring-necked, and a male Bufflehead. Also, there were 3 Trumpeter Swans, 1 adult and 2 cygnets. All but a small number of COGO were new from the day before.
On Lake Harriet in Minneapolis after 4 pm there was an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, and 2 immature Glaucous Gulls one buffy, one mostly white. Being the largest Gull on the lake made them easy to spot. The parkway pullouts around the lakes are now plowed, but getting to the lake to set up your scope involves walking over deep snowbanks and in deep snow to get to the lake. The streets are icy and slippery, and the lakes are quickly icing up due to the temps dropping down into the single digits recently. Conny Brunell Richfiled, 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
