[mou] Blue Lake

[Chad Gustafson]

This Sunday I was able to get to Blue Lake on the MN Valley NWR on 101 just east of Valley Fair.  There was quite a bit of open water, mostly due to the waste water treatment plant im sure.  There were over a hundred mallards and about a dozen trumpeter swans as well a wood duck pair, both hooded and common mergansers, a northern shoveler and also a pintail.
 
I also seen Sharon Stiteler's rough-legged hawk at the visitor center for the refuge.  This is just south of the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport.  It was perched up on a light pole in the parking lot.  I was able to get some pics as well.  
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj310/cgust/Birds/DSC_13990226b.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj310/cgust/Birds/DSC_14130221b.jpg
 
 
Thanks.
 
Chad Gustafson
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