Date: 04/14/2008

Number: 1

A report from a bird spotter who saw 57 loons gathered on the Black Dog Lake in Dakota County.

"Thanks to James Mattson for the alert on the loons at Black Dog. My wife and I went there this evening from about 6:00 pm to 7:300 pm and came up with a total of 57 loons in 4 separate groups. We saw 4 loons right at the observation deck maybe 20 to 30 feet away. Another group of 16 were seen from a path going west from the observation deck that took us past the little point that obscures the view from the deck. A group of 12 was seen towards the east from the path from the parking lot to the observation deck. The last group of 25 was seen from the east outflow of the lake. We chose to walk down the path from the road that is on the east side of the outflow so we didn't get to see much of the east lake. Given the numbers that we did see, I would bet that there were many more further to the west on the east lake."

Burnsville, MN

Latitude: 44.7 Longitude: -93.3

Observed by: Larry
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