Seven intrepid souls met at the Black Dog (Xcel Energy) power plant at 3:30 p.m. to view gulls, waterbirds and more. Gulls were few (and very distant) at first but by the time we left at 4:55pm, some 600 settle on the water for good viewing. We observed six species:
Iceland - one 1st cycle Kumlieni Glaucous - 1 adult, one 1st cycle Thayer's - perhaps 3 1st Cycle and several adults Franklin's - 1 adult, and the most unexpected (and the only dark-mantled gull) Herring - majority Ring-billed - few Head scratchers - a couple (probably odd Herring Gulls) Other species of note: Peregrine Falcon Red-breasted Merganser (male) Wood Duck Trumpeter Swan (~20) White Pelican We will meet again Friday at 3:30p.m. across from the plant main entrance on Black Dog Road - Bring a spotting scope!! Jim Mattsson Eagan ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
