I returned the Bass Ponds in an attempt to relocate the Greater White-Fronted Geese. I was not successful in finding the two Geese and most of the Canada Geese were sleeping on the ice of Long Meadow Lake rather than swimming in the open pond water, but I did see many other waterfowl.
While I was walking a Killdeer flew in and landed on the shore of the pond. He looked out of place among the snow, and he kind of looked like he was not content in the around the snow. Here are some images: *http://tinyurl.com/48wq6ww **http://tinyurl.com/4oljs66* Other waterfowl included 3 Wood Ducks, 2 Redheads, 5 Canvasback, at least 14 Common Mergansers, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 2 Ring-Necked Ducks, 1 American Black Duck, many Mallards, many Canada Geese, and about 20 Scaup. Since I am unable to differentiate between the Scaups, here are pictures of some of them if anybody else wants a look at them: *http://tinyurl.com/69g6p77 **http://tinyurl.com/66szax8 **http://tinyurl.com/5wgda2u* Also, I forgot to mention the last time I posted, although the I did not see the geese today, the parking lot/entrance to the Bass Ponds is located at Old Shakopee Road and E 86th Street in East Bloomington. You can get to the parking lot by turning East onto 86th Street where the signs for Cypress Semiconductors are and the parking lot is just off road. The open pond is found by walking down the large hill and then going straight on the path and turning right at the fork. There are two open ponds plus some open water on Long Meadow Lake where the pond drains I believe. The pond/path can also be accessed by parking at the Old Cedar Ave parking lot, but the walk is a little over a mile to the NE to get to the pond from there. Ben Harste Bloomington, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
