The St. Croix is largely ice-free here now, and accordingly I couldn't find any of the Trumpeter Swans or Mergansers that had been hanging out here for a couple weeks. However, at the rookery viewed from the Boom Site north of town, I counted at least 38 Great Blue Herons, and my first Cormorants of the year. Also, starting last nigh around 10 pm, and continuing through the morning so far, have been several flocks of Tundra Swans, most flying west/northwest (for those who may want to keep watch). A few gulls hanging around downtown Stillwater on some of the remaining ice; I saw only Ring-Billed and Herrings (one of which was trying valiantly to pull a fish out of the ice--unsuccessfully, but good efforts were made).
Kyle Te Poel Stillwater Township ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
