[mou] Purgatory Creek - flooded

[Chet Meyers]

2:00 p.m. just returned from Purgatory Creek.  What a difference a day 
makes.
Now there is so much water there is little shorebird habitat remaining.  I 
do
not know how quickly this will drain off, but water was gushing over the new
spillway under the new bridge.  Saw a few lesser yellowlegs and about six 
distant peeps.  The middle green island was still above water and the 
Caspian terns are present along with a couple of white pelicans... Time to 
look for flooded farmfields.  Could be an exciting week.
Chet Meyers, Hennepin County