The ice is out on French Lake in N Hennepin county (Diamond Lake is still mostly frozen), there were 16 soecies of waterfowl including all 3 mergs, Cans, Redhead, Lsr Scaup, Green- and Blue-Winged Teal, Shovelers, Rn Duck. More exciting was spotting a pair of Sandhill Cranes walking through the wetland ne of the intersection of 144/13, (in between those ponds e. of the Llama Farm). I wonder if they will be nesting there. Also Brewer's blackbirds in the Blackbird flock on the farm property. Elm Creek had E Bluebird, Tree Swallows, SS Hawk, Pheasants (not many passerines as yet). Warren Woessner
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