There was one beautiful female Red-necked Phalarope "spinning" near the blind at Purgatory Creek (Eden Prairie.) Shorebird variety has picked up since I visited last Friday, although not by a lot. Other shorebirds seen:
-Least Sandpiper (~25) -Semipalmated Sandpiper (10) -Semipalmated Plover (1) -Dowitcher sp. (3) -Spotted Sandpiper (12) -Killdeer (few) Also seen were 3 dabbling duck species, 5 Forester's Terns (inc. one in non-breeding plumage), ~150 Caspian Terns, the same 2 Am. White Pelicans, and a singing Willow Flycatcher. Good birding! Alyssa DeRubeis Golden Valley, Hennepin Co. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
