Visited Purgatory Creek in Eden Prairie around 5:00 PM this afternoon and saw many waterfowl including one Horned Grebe, a lifer for me. It was quite a ways out, but could still be identified with a spotting scope. The closest location to the Grebe on the walking path was at the bench right by the parking lot between Lifetime Fitness and CVS Pharmacy.
It was too far and a bit dark to get good pictures, but I took a few for documentation. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnbirder/5604836164/in/photostream/ I believe it was a Horned Grebe because it had a very distinct yellow stripe across the top of the head. Looking through my pictures using contrast we saw some pictures showed a reddish looking neck implying it was a Horned Grebe instead of an Eared Grebe. Also present: 8 Ruddy Ducks 7 Canvasback Many Lesser Scaup 3 Common Loons 5+ Common Merganser Possibly 2 Redheads (saw them when we first got there, but didn't see them again) 3 Great Blue Herons 3 Ring-Billed Gulls 1 Pied-Billed Grebe About 10 Northern Shovelers Many Coots 2 Killdeer 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
