Late this afternoon I found two juvenile Trumpeter Swans at the Rudy Kraemer Nature Preserve in Burnsville. One of the swans had a yellowish wing tag on the right wing. Unfortunately, I didn't have my scope with me and I spooked the birds from the shore into the water before I could get close enough to read the tag. The Rudy Kraemer Nature Preserve is a small nature area located just south of Hwy 13 where Chowen Ave dead-ends at the parking lot for the nature area. If you are coming from the east on Hwy 13, take a left turn at the traffic light at Washburn Ave. followed by an immediate right turn onto the frontage road. Chowen Ave is at the next stop sign. Turn left and follow Chowen Ave to the parking lot at the end. If coming from the west on Hwy 13, take a right on Chowen Ave and follow it to the parking lot. The birds were originally onshore near the southeast side of the large pond but moved into the pond after I spooked them. They stayed around feeding in the pond for at least the next hour. Here is a link to a google map of the area: http://www.google.com/maps?q=Chowen+Ave+S,+Burnsville,+Minnesota+55337,+USA <http://www.google.com/maps?q=Chowen+Ave+S,+Burnsville,+Minnesota+55337,+USA &ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=44.77622,-93.32637&spn=0.01968,0.030255&om=1> &ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=44.77622,-93.32637&spn=0.01968,0.030255&om=1 Byron Blood -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070416/671d2d46/attachment.html
