Around 11:00 am this morning I drove around Fort Snelling State Park to see who was out in the rain.
Some highlights... Common Loon 2 dozen or more ring-billed gulls (sitting on ice behind Snelling lake) and flying around 2 male hooded mergansers displaying for a female (in marshy pond behind Snelling Lake) Pair of unidentified dabbling/diving ducks The male of the pair I was unable to identify was relatively small, mostly brown bodied, but had interesting black and white markings on his tail and beak. There was a black area adjacent to a slim white bar on both the tail and the beak. Anyone know what species this might indicate? Thanks, Shelly Wiemann _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement