[mou] Black Dog Lake - Dakota County - 1/4/2007

[CRAIG MANDEL]

1/4/2007

Spent a short time at Black Dog Lake this afternoon and found lots of open 
water and some waterfowl and Gulls.  I arrived at 4:35 pm, so it did not 
give me a lot of time to scope out the lake.  I drove along Black Dog Lake 
Road and checked spots from there.  It would have been more productive had I 
spent my time at Black Dog Park, as most of the birds were on the West side 
of the East side of Black Dog lake.  This area is best scanned from the road 
that runs between the East and West side of Black Dog Lake.  I did find the 
following:

Hooded Merganser - 6
Common Merganser - Approx. 75
Mallard
Canada Geese
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon - in box on main tower of the power plant
Gulls - None close enough to ID

Craig Mandel, Minnetonka, MN
EgretCMan@msn.com