[mou] Franklin's, pipits, pintails--Hennepin

[Diana Doyle]

This evening's bike ride yielded some nice finds:

Franklin's gulls: I swung by Lake Nokomis main beach (a local gull  
hang-out). 8 Franklin's with the usual ring-billeds. Nothing like the  
600 reported over Best Buy and Wood Lake today, but very accessible  
and they were stationary. I'd expect them to be back on the beach  
tomorrow morning when it's empty of human traffic.

Am. Pipits: Next stop was the airport gravel lots (77th St and  
Airport Lane) which had 6 Am pipits with a flock of about 30 horned  
larks and about 15 killdeer.

N. Pintails, Bonaparte's gulls: at Long Meadow Lake/Bass Ponds (just  
E of 77). At least 6 pintails mixed in with hundreds of mallards,  
scores of widgeons, handfuls of teals, ...

Overall a great metro bike ride, bringing my BGBY total to 196. 200 a  
possibility??

Diana Doyle
S. Minneapolis