About 5:15 PM this evening I observed an Adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL in a mixed flock of Herring and Ring-Billed Gulls in the Purgatory Creek wetland near the junction of 212 and Hwy 5 in Eden Prairie.
Earlier this afternoon (2 PM) I had a quick look at the albinistic Red-Tailed hawk that was reported last week by David Remiger. It was in roughly the same location near the junction of Prairie Center drive and 78th street. I only saw the back side of the bird as it perched in a tree and saw no trace of pigmentation. It was pure snowy white - cool bird!
