With a break in the cold weather, Jenni Webster, Interpretive Naturalist, Minnesota Interstate State Park, and I were able to conduct a methodical survey of Spring Creek in Wild River State Park today. To our delight, we found 3 over-wintering Wilson's Snipes. Spring Creek is a short, spring-fed stream that empties into the St. Croix River. Parts of the stream stay ice-free during the winter due to the constant temperature of the water source. All the birds appeared to be in good physical condition today. I reported 3 over-wintering snipes in this stream last winter.
Today's photos at: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rjstenseng/Photos/WISN01.jpg http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rjstenseng/Photos/WISN02.jpg Wild River State Park is located north of Taylors Falls, MN, on the St. Croix River. Rubin Stenseng Wild River State Park Volunteer Chisago County, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
