[mou] Ramsey County

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I dashed out of work to scan Lake Phalen for too few minutes.  I was rewarded 
with 60 Common Goldeneyes near the southern shore.  The males were even doing 
a little neck snapping - after all, there were ladies present.  A male 
Northern Pintail swam away from the giddy goldeneyes, while a lonely female pintail 
went her own way.  Also present were Pied-billed Grebes, Gadwalls, and lots of 
gulls (mostly, if not all, Ring-billed).
I know the northern end attracts waterfowl, but I didn't have time to check 
it out.  My vantage point was by the south parking area, north of Maryland Av. 
on Johnson Parkway.  Take the 1st right (Shore Av. or something like that) and 
the lot is right there.   Lake Phalen is east of 35E.

Linda Sparling
Hennepin County