We counted more than 1000 Sandhill Cranes today along CR-3 and CR-70 in the northwest corner. That's a conservative count, because they were already flying in to roost when we arrived (late) at 5:30pm. Also, it is difficult to keep track of cranes flying in from the west (far south of these roads). Most were in the air, but a few were still feeding when we first got there and checked out some of the farm roads north of CR-3. The show is definitely on - wonder how long they'll stick around.
I tried to check the Refuge website to see if there were results of the weekly(?) counts posted there, but had trouble bringing it up. Erika Sitz Ramsey, north Anoka County ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
