Begin forwarded message: > From: Laura Coble <[email protected]> > Date: October 16, 2010 5:08:15 PM CDT > To: MN listserv <[email protected]> > Subject: Lake Byllesby water level > > I stopped at Lake Byllesby at Lakeside Cemetery off of hwy 88 today (Dakota > Cty), and discovered that mud flats have formed on the west side of the lake. > When the Cannon River flood hit the dam, it was decided to let the water > continue to go through after it reached its previous level, and to not wait > for the usual date to lower it, so it is getting closer to the low winter > level a little earlier. > > Since the flood, the lake has been high when I've checked it, but today both > the beach (pretty muddy still) and some mud flats were exposed. I saw only > yellowlegs and killdeer. Hunters were busy, with decoys in sight, so I > didn't stay long. > > At the industrial park, about a mi. north of Randolph, west of hwy 56, I > found flocks of Savannah Sparrows, and there were 17 male and female Northern > Shovelers in the pond behind the church. Also, American Pipits and Horned > Larks were on the road and in the fields close to Scotia Trail, south of > Randolph, east of Hwy 56 (Goodhue Cty). > > Laura Coble > Cannon Falls >
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