In addition to the three Wilson's Snipes that I reported in Wild River State Park on February 7th, today I found 7 additional snipes in the Park.
Deer Creek is another open-water, spring fed stream that flows into the St. Croix River in Wild River State Park. Today, I snow-shoed the length of Deer Creek and found 7 Wilson's Snipes. The habitat is very similar to Spring Creek (the location of the original 3 - which are still at that location). Deer Creek is a little larger and longer, about a mile downstream from Spring Creek. In summary, there are at least 10 snipes in the Park today (from both locations). There was also a Belted Kingfisher rattling at the trail bridge over Deer Creek. Photos from today at http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rjstenseng/Photos/WISNLanding.jpg http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rjstenseng/Photos/WISNWalking.jpg Wild River State Park is located north of Taylors Falls, Minnesota, on the St. Croix River. Rubin Stenseng, Wild River State Park Volunteer ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
