Rice Lake ice went from 20% open on 3/20 to 80% open today. A coterie of birds and one coyote were feasting on the results from the recent drawdown: frozen fish. I counted 55 Bald Eagles, Ring-billed gulls, Crows on the ice or nearby trees Friday, mostly in the SW corner of the lake best observed from the picnic point. Today that ice is out except along the edges where the eagles were lined up for easy counting. The eastern end was still mostly ice and I found additional eagles for a total of approximately 60 to 70. A good variety of waterfowl are also present on the lake.
Ken Vail Owatonna ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
