2 Red-necked Phalaropes were observed this evening from the observation blind at the Purgatory Creek Recreation area in Eden Prairie. The Phalaropes were feeding on the mudflats to the right of the platform, not swimming. The mudflats have become much more extensive over the past few days, and the shorebirds have responded (10 species observed, see list below). There is now also good mud near the footbridge/path on the Prairie Center Drive side of the wetland. The wetlands are located southwest of the Hwy 5 exit from 494 in Eden Prairie. Take the Prairie Center Drive exit southeast from Hwy 5 (first exit after 494). http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=eden+prairie,+minnesota &ie=UTF8&ll=44.854287,-93.438549&spn=0.013873,0.028925&t=h&z=15&om=1 Doug Kieser Minneapolis
-----Original Message----- From: do-not-reply at ebird.org [mailto:do-not-re...@ebird.org] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 8:33 PM To: Doug Kieser Subject: eBird Report - Purgatory Creek Rec. Area , 8/2/07 Location: Purgatory Creek Rec. Area Observation date: 8/2/07 Notes: Water levels very low with many dead/dying carp Number of species: 31 Canada Goose X Wood Duck X Mallard X American White Pelican 35 Great Blue Heron 42 Great Egret 18 Bald Eagle 2 American Coot 1 Semipalmated Plover 15 Killdeer 55 Lesser Yellowlegs 24 Spotted Sandpiper 8 Semipalmated Sandpiper 5 Least Sandpiper 90 Baird's Sandpiper 3 Pectoral Sandpiper 6 Stilt Sandpiper 2 Red-necked Phalarope 2 Ring-billed Gull 110 Northern Rough-winged Swallow X Barn Swallow X Black-capped Chickadee X Marsh Wren 2 European Starling X Yellow Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 2 Swamp Sparrow X Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X House Finch X American Goldfinch X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)