Betsy,
Thank you so much for all of your "spot on" information! My husband &
I drove up from the Twin Cities and spent the afternoon searching for
cranes and had the most wonderful time. We first located perhaps close
to a 1000 in a field on CR 11 slightly north of CR 3. After that we
kept driving around the area spotting numerous smaller groups in
harvested fields and close to 5:30PM another field (if I remember it
was CR3 and 175th St) with easy a couple hundred cranes and many many
more flying overhead going south into the Refuge.
When we left the parking lot at Bailey Rays was filling up for the
night!
Thanks again! It was a treat.
Susan
On Nov 1, 2013, at 7:25 PM, Betsy Beneke wrote:
For those of you who might be coming up to Sherburne Refuge/county
for crane viewing this weekend - in the afternoon - there were
HUNDREDS of cranes in the air along CRs 3 and 11 between 5:15 and
5:45 p.m. returning to the refuge to roost for the night. Quite a
spectacular sight.
Sunrise viewing, I bet, will be best along CR 3, just north and east
of the community of Santiago. Those corn fields have been harvested
this week - some still in progress - so lots of foraging
opportunities for the cranes there.
Bailey Ray's in Santiago has breakfast starting at 9:00 p.m. AND
coffee... (I'm not getting any kick-backs. Just like hot coffee in
the mornings).
Betsy
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