[mou] Sightings Saturday at Black Dog Lake, Dakota County

[O. William Bruins]

Joel Dunnette and I made a quick run to Black Dog Lake during the lunch 
break of the MOU Paper session. Joel wanted to see if he could locate a 
gull or two that would add to his year list. Well nothing but Ring-bills 
and Herring Gulls. Meanwhile I occupied myself with scanning the ponds by 
the power plant. I picked up two bids to add to my year list -- American 
Black Duck and Black-crowned Night Heron.

In addition there were about twenty Double-crested Cormorants, several 
hundred Common Mergansers , a hundred or so Mallards, one Chickadee, three 
Canada Geese about.

It was a nice break from an excellent meeting.
Bill

William Bruins
WBruins@EarthLink.Net
Rochester, MN on the Zumbro River in Olmsted County, SE MN