Yesterday evening I saw at least 20 loons on Lake Nokomis. Including a flotilla of six loons floating just offshore of the 50th St. beach.
>From time to time they were giving out their mournful cries in unison I have never seen so many loons together in one place. And rarely I have I witnessed a more stunning, inspiring, and haunting scene from nature. Along with them were hundreds of common mergansers, eared and pie-billed grebes, and coots. Along with the first graceful appearances of great blue herons Literally clouds of birds were circling the lake overhead, so high that I wondered if the airport was going to have to redirect traffic They were so loud that for once I thought the neighbors might be complaining not about airport noise but bird noise. I hope others can enjoy these magnificent loons. But with strong winds out of the south today, I fear that they may already have left us for another year. For once the crows have had to take a back seat. And yes, as always, there were plenty of mallards, canada geese, and sea gulls waddling around too Jay Clark Cooper _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
