Joann and I made a late trip to Montezuma. The main pool drive was open
so we drove it hoping to find something white on one of the dozens of
muskrat houses with no luck. 1 No. Harrier hunted the marsh and the pair of
Bald Eagles were sitting together on the edge of woods near their nest.
The partially melted Tschache pool ice drew a nice collection of 10 Bald
Eagles; some in the trees and some on the ice.
Already close to sunset we made it to the route 31 muck lands where
Joann spotted 1 Snowy Owl among the swans at the west edge. We didn't have
time to sort through the swans but had at least a couple close Trumpeters
among the Tundras. We found only 1 Snow Goose. The Sandhill Cranes made
counting them easy as the 23 flew from one part of the fields further toward
the SW corner.
We went on to Vandyne Spoor Road (to check out more muskrat houses) and
were disappointed by how dark it was until Joann yelled look up the road. A
Snowy Owl landed in the middle of the road in our headlights with a freshly
caught muskrat!! It lugged it off the road a ways and we left it in the dark
to enjoy its meal. Mike Tetlow
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