Hello All, I don't think Lake Minnetonka gets all that much birding coverage because it is hard to access but tonight the birding was even better than last week. I had: Common Merganser: 8,080 Common Goldeneye: 910 Herring Gull: 1,750 There are now a ton of gulls hanging out in the Browns Bay/ Smith Bay area and I would think that some rare ones could turn up, though I didn't spend a lot of time sorting through them. The Common Goldeneyes were in the middle of the lake and easy to see but about half of the 8,080 Common Mergansers were hugging the south shore (mostly around Big Island), making them hard to see well unless you get the correct angle. Anyways, I just thought I would share. Of course, there were other birds there as well, including a lone Bufflehead. Good Birding, Jason Caddy South Minneapolis
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