An interesting observation of ravens on the Mississippi River south of Winona, made by Bob Russell, MOU member who works for the USFWS. He posted this to WisBirdNet. Forward by Jim Williams, Wayzata
---------- From: "John Idzikowski" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:06:11 -0500 To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <[email protected]> Subject: [wisb] Fw: Raven observation This interesting observation from the Mississippi John I, Milwaukee ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 4:19 PM Subject: Raven observation > John: I'm not on the Wisconsin list server but I thought this observation > was of moderate interest to those folks. Last Friday I had 3 Common Ravens > flying over a wild rice marsh in the middle of the Mississippi River a few > miles south of Trempeleau. To reach the site take Hwy 35 north to the > southern side of Trempeleau (town) and look for a left turn to Dam No. 6, > cross the tracks and take a left fork towards a series of cabins and fish > camps. Continue on this road passing both private and federal property all > the way to the end (passable if not high water by passenger car) where > there is a boat launch. The birds were flying over the marsh together and > might still be in the area as dozens of coots in that marsh are turning up > dead from a nematode infestation and might be the reason the ravens are in > the area. First time I've seen ravens west of Camp McCoy but I know Fred > Lesher has heard rumors of Mississippi River birds in fall. Large size, > wedge-shaped tails, much soaring in direct comparison to crows. Bob > Russell, US Fish and Wildlife, Twin Cities > ############################## This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[email protected]>. To UNSUBSCRIBE, E-mail to <[email protected]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[email protected]> Send administrative QUERIES, E-mail to <[email protected]>
