Yesterday at just after 6:00 PM, my wife and I saw a pair of Osprey checking out the mill ponds in Little Canada. They both flew low over the southmost pond just above our heads; one bird continued southwest along the creek, but the other circled back and remained at the ponds for the half-hour or so of our visit. It sat high in the trees in three or four different locations as if evaluating the place's suitability for a longer-term situation. Took one sortie across Edgerton to fly over Lake Gervais. Probably just a "lookie-loo", though, as there probably isn't an ideal site for a nest in the park.
The city water tower is just south of the park, however. I'm not sure if a nest could be built on it or not. Info about Gervais Mill Park www.fogcap.org/map.php Other birds at the ponds yesterday included Hooded Merganser pair, two Wood Duck pairs, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Belted Kingfisher, Song Sparrow, Eastern Phoebe, and two Great Blue Herons. (First of year there this week: Great Egret, Brown Creeper, and Northern Flicker.) Steve Bachman and Joann Pfeiffer Little Canada, 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
