Saw 3 Sandhill Cranes flying North of Stillwater,MN along the St Croix River flyway this afternoon. Hope they enjoy snow later this week.
Sent from my iPad > On Feb 22, 2017, at 10:15 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > (Posted by Jason Frank <[email protected]> via moumn.org) > > New ducks at Salt Lake today were American Wigeons, Gadwalls, and Redheads. > The huge > Mallard flocks are still there, as are the geese. The mudflats have emerged, > and they extend > over 100 yards out the lake from the MN overlook. > > 31 Bald Eagles were on the ice at Cory Lake, in Hamlin WMA, 4 miles west of > Dawson, a > spectacular sight. > > Found a pair of Wood Ducks on the flooded West Fork of the Lac qui Parle > River about 1 mile > northwest of Prairie Marsh Farm this morning. > > Hiking along the beaver dams at the east end of Prairie Marsh Farm, I counted > 29 dead or > dying Leopard Frogs floating just beneath the surface of a single pond. There > are 4 ponds > there, and the frogs congregated in the one with the most vegetation, which > is mainly > watercress. Those that were still alive were nearly comatose. A week of daily > highs in the > 60's woke them up, but even with some bugs emerging along the shoreline, I'm > guessing > they weren't able to consume enough calories to get them through the > upper-30-degree > nights. An eerie and heartbreaking scene. > > Jason Frank > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
