[mou] Purgatory Creek, Eden Prairie

2008-09-16 Thread John Cyrus
The wetlands have completely filled with the rain we have had lately. On the small island that still remains, there were Cormorant, Bonaparte's Gull(majority), at least 2 Caspian Terns, and at least 2 Common Tern. The only migrant waterfowl species that I found were 2 American Wigeon. On t

[mou] Purgatory Creek, Eden Prairie-Pine Warbler, House Wren

2008-04-22 Thread John Cyrus
Spent a quick hour around Purgatory Creek. Didn't spend much time around the blind, though. Steve mentioned the 2 Common Terns. Besides those, there were also two Forster's Terns flying and calling over the wetlands. Along the trail just west of the creek as it runs out of the wetland tow

[mou] Purgatory Creek-Eden Prairie

2007-10-16 Thread John Cyrus
In between the rain, I found a couple of late surprises at Purgatory Creek. A small flock of warblers was feeding along the trail near Anderson Lakes Pkwy. This included 5 Orange-crowned(2 were showing their crown which is rare for me), 2 Nashville, 2 Cape May, and a Yellow-rumped. 2 Hermit