There is a lot of good shorebird habitat at Purgatory Creek in Eden Prairie with the low water and lots of exposed mud.
I went this morning and was able to identify 7 shorebird species: Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2 Least Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Killdeer I believe there were other shorebird species as well that I was unable to identify. Possibly White-rumped or Baird's. All of the shorebirds in the morning were on the west and northwest side of the lake in the mud. They are best seen from the boardwalk blind on the west side of the lake. Yesterday evening there were also some shorebirds on the "sandbar" with the gulls and cormorants, but the best place to see those would also be from the blind. The Purgatory Creek wetland is located in Eden Prairie at Technology Dr and Prairie Center Dr. Ben Harste Bloomington, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
