This evening after work left me in Rochester, I stopped at the impound dams west of Rochester by the landfill. I found eighteen species of waterfowl including: 1 Common Loon Red-necked Grebe 4 Horned Grebe 65+ Ruddy Duck on one pond and perhaps ten more on the other Pelicans
I had one bird calling from the landfill that I could not ID. The call had six long notes. The first three were a nasal or non-musical call followed by three whistles similar in quality and tone to a Cardinal. I do not have anything on my Stokes eastern tapes that suggests an ID. I tried to find the bird which was probably calling from the pines, but... Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2 at comcast.net