[mou] Tundra Swans Mpls. city lakes

[Chet Meyers]

While driving home from work today I 'looped' the city lakes and found 47 
tundra swans on Lake Calhoun and 49 on Lake Harriet... mostly adults, but 
some first-year birds.  The gulls were most active but with my compact 
binocs and the sleet coming down it was difficult to ID any. One very large, 
dark gull caught my eye but it got lost in the sleet.  I imagine the swans 
will stay the night, so morning might reveal even more surprises. 

Chet Meyers
Hennepin County