I spent this evening at Purgatory Creek Wetlands in Edin Prairie with no success in finding the Sabine's Gull reported by Connie Brunell on Friday. There were about 125 Ring-billed Gulls, 16 Caspian Terns and 1 Franklin's Gull present. Shorebirds were limited to 1 Baird's Sandpiper, 2 peeps and numerous Killdeer. It was an enjoyable evening spent with another birder named Josh, one woman who chastised me for looking at Gulls rather than the Bald Eagle eating a fish in front of us and numerous people who thought I was there looking for American White Pelicans. Scott B. Meyer Hennepin Purgatory Creek wetland, Hennepin, US-MN Sep 24, 2012 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) 22 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 35 Wood Duck 5 Mallard 45 Blue-winged Teal 15 Double-crested Cormorant 5 Great Blue Heron 4 Great Egret 13 Cooper's Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 1 Killdeer 21 Baird's Sandpiper 1 peep sp. 2 Franklin's Gull 1 Ring-billed Gull 125 Caspian Tern 16 Peregrine Falcon 1 American Crow 9 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Marsh Wren 4 Common Yellowthroat 3 Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 5 Red-winged Blackbird 15 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html