[mou] Waterfowl in Fort Snelling State Park - Hennepin County

[Shelly Wiemann]

Around 11:00 am this morning I drove around Fort Snelling State Park to see 
who was out in the rain.

Some highlights...

Common Loon
2 dozen or more ring-billed gulls (sitting on ice behind Snelling lake) and 
flying around
2 male hooded mergansers displaying for a female (in marshy pond behind 
Snelling Lake)
Pair of unidentified dabbling/diving ducks

The male of the pair I was unable to identify was relatively small, mostly 
brown bodied, but had interesting black and white markings on his tail and 
beak.  There was a black area adjacent to a slim white bar on both the tail 
and the beak.  Anyone know what species this might indicate?


Thanks,
Shelly Wiemann

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