These species were all still present at 9:30, except the Grebe. Also saw Snowy and Great Egrets on the western shore. Make sure to dress warm. Steve Slocum Eden Prairie, MN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conny Brunell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:12 AM Subject: [mou-net] American Avocets at Purgatory Wetlands ~ Hennepin County > This morning there were 2 American Avocets foraging at the Purgatory Creek > Wetlands in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County. What a spectacular sight in > the morning sunshine to see these two graceful birds forage by sweeping > their long slender bills from side to side in the water both along the > mudflats and the weedy island. They flew back and forth between the two > showing off their distinctive black and white back and wing pattern and > vocalizing. There was also a Horned Grebe circling the mudflats that > contained a full house of Caspian and Forster's Terns, Franklin's and > Bonaparte's Gulls and Am. White Pelicans squeezed in there pretty tight. > > Conny Brunell > Richfield, Hennepin Co. > > Purgatory Creek Wetlands > > The Purgatory Creek Wetlands is in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County. It is > south from MN State hwy 5 on Prairie Center Drive about .4 mile on the > south side of Prairie Center Drive. You will see the Purgatory Recreation > Area and The Flagship Corporate Center signed and can park in either lot > to walk the paved trail around the wetlands. A good viewing area is > behind the office building on the bridge that overlooks the wetland and > mudflats. > > ---- > 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