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

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