Three Wilson's Snipes have overwintered at Spring Creek in Wild River State Park. I last photographed them at the end of November 2012 and then did not get back to check on them until yesterday. Still in the exact same spot as back in November. Apparently they did not get the memo about hypothermia! The photo below is from this morning Thursday, Feb 7, 2013.
Spring Creek is a rather short, but robust, spring-fed stream that passes by the Park boat landing parking lot and then empties into the St. Croix River. The spring water is warm enough to keep this stream open for the short distance it takes to get to the river. Thus the available habitat for the snipes. The Park road to the boat landing is closed to vehicles during the winter months. Photo at http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rjstenseng/Photos/WISN.jpg Wild River State Park is located north of Taylors Falls, Minnesota, on the St. Croix River. Rubin Stenseng, Wild River State Park Volunteer ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
