Mark Johnson, of Mora, and I saw the three whooping cranes this afternoon at
the same place as they were seen earlier by Ned Winters and Carolyn Walkin, and
before that by mjbade. Am checking the camera shortly to see if I got some
decent photos. No matter, they were a wonderful present for Labor Day. Carol
Urness> From: nwinters at isd.net> To: mnbird at lists.mnbird.net; mou-net at
moumn.org> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:48:34 -0500> Subject: [mnbird] Isanti Co.
Whooping Cranes> > While birding Isanti County today, Carolyn Walkin and I
found 3 Whooping> Cranes in the extreme NW part of the county in the Dalbo
State Wildlife> Management Area. The parking area we observed the birds from is
on 421st> Avenue NW (the gravel road that is the county line between Isanti
and> Kanebec Counties), 2.1 miles west of State Highway 47.> After talking to
Kim Eckert, who had talked to the Fish and Wildlife Service> after I left him a
message, it is felt that these are the three birds that> the FWS lost track of
from the Wisconsin flock. We observed the birds for> about 40 minutes, and
during a period that we weren't actively looking at> the birds, they
disappeared. As we were leaving the area to try to relocate> them, we talked to
a farmer who has a permit to farm in the WMA. He said he> had just seen three
"big white birds" flying to the east as he drove up. He> thinks he has seen
them in this area for almost two weeks. We never did find> the birds again.> >
Ned Winters> St. Paul, MN> > _______________________________________________>
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