[mou-net] Sleepy Eye WTP'S/Brown County update

2021-07-27 Thread brsmith
Hello, birders: I was at the WTP'S yesterday morning and visited with two city water department staff that were there. I asked them if the locked gates would be permanent and was told that they'll be taking them down by September 1st and will go back to the single chain that they've always used.

[mou-net] Sleepy Eye WTP'S/Brown County

2021-05-13 Thread brsmith
Birders,If you happen to stop by the Sleepy Eye WTP'S you'll find that the main entrance is now gated and locked. I emailed the city manager to ask why this has happened.  He wrote that someone has been bringing a dirt bike in there and riding around but if I wanted I could climb over the gate t

[mou-net] Sleepy Eye WTP's

2014-09-14 Thread Brian & Risa Smith
Hi, There has been little worth reporting at the Sleepy Eye WTP's this fall season but this afternoon there were a few species worth noting: 2 Eared Grebes 3 Black-bellied Plovers 2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers 2 Red-necked Phalaropes 1 Lapland Longspur - well seen on the ground and in flight severa