To add to Larry's and Madeleine's posts, there are regularly several Black-crowned Night-herons along Minnehaha Creek between Lake Hiawatha and the "lagoon" just above Minnehaha Falls. Early this morning there were at least six adults spread out along the creekside path.
If you're looking for them during the day, rather than early morning or evening, or strike out along the creek, they tend to roost as a group along the wooded bank along the "lagoon." This is the wide part of the creek visible from Longfellow Gardens (E. Minnehaha Parkway and 39th Ave S). Diana Doyle S. Minneapolis Begin forwarded message: From: Larry Sirvio <lmsir...@comcast.net> Date: July 25, 2010 3:16:15 PM CDT To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] close up look at Black-Crowned Night-Heron Minnehaha Creek, Minneapolis Reply-To: Larry Sirvio <lmsir...@comcast.net> The black crowned night heron was near the bridge on 30th Ave (pedestrian path) that goes over Minnehaha Creek. I almost missed it because I was looking on the water and the bird was sitting on the horizontal trunk of a tree that was stretched across the creek. After a few minutes a second one flew in and the two flew off downstream together about 50 yards. Thanks Madeleine for the post. Larry S ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
