[mou] birding about the area

[Steve Weston]

A quick trip out to Hutchinson on Monday sent me by way of New Germany on 
local roads with HWY 7 closed.  I observed good shorebird habitat in a small 
pond with several species (Killdeer, Pectoral, Least, Semi-Palmated SP, L. 
Yellowlegs, perhaps more) on CR33 just south of town and at CR30 and Yancy, 
a better known spot.  The shallow lake to the south of that area is too well 
cloaked in willow thickets to be observed.  I also stopped at Purgatory 
Creek in Eden Prairie, which has limited habitat, but is interesting. 
Shorebirds included Least & Solitary.  More interesting was the two 
Red-necked grebes in cryptic molting plummage.

Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN
sweston2 at comcast.net