My wife got a call from her friend who has been hosting a Carolina Wren since mid December. The wren is still there and she is afraid that her husband, who has learned to imitate its song maybe responsible.
We had six pairs of ducks by our shore today. At one point two male Hooded Mergansers were swimming around close together and a female flew in. The two turned their attention to her and a brawl was about to break out between the two rivals. The female took off with the males hot on her tail. A Mallard hen checked out the top of the brush pile for starting her brood. She left, leaving nothing behind. We will watch to see if she is still interested in the spot. My wife told me that the fox that was stalking geese on the ice last week was very interested in the birds around the feeder. Today was the first day I've heard chorus frogs. I have to see when I have to go out and run my frog and toad survey. Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
