After a three hour search of the previously mentioned sites (thanks Bob Eckblad and Carol Schumacher) and the entire area surrounding Rice Lake St. Park, I finally located the Whooping Crane in an open field .6 of a mile North of Rose St./Co. Rd. 19, on N.E. 84th Ave. I searched in intermittent rain from 8am until 11:10 pm when I found the bird about 200 yards West of N.E. 84th. He was actively feeding for 20 minutes, completely exposed in an open field, before flying off to the Southwest in the general direction of the pond on Co. Rd. 19 across from the house with the red shutters ( just West of the entrance to the State Park. The bird is sporting a red band on one leg and a green band or possibly a small radio transmitter on his other leg. The Crane was alone. No sign of the Sandhill Cranes. -- Jay Walter Minneapolis, MN
