[mou] Purgatory Creek - flooded
Chet Meyers
chetmeyers@visi.com
Mon, 06 Sep 2004 14:20:15 -0500
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