Sunday, March 26 Otter Tail County Checking open water spots on the Otter Tail River and area lakes:
Northern Pintail =80 2 males, 1 female (Deer Lake) Rough Legged Hawk, dark phase (Hwy 78, 1 mile north of Battle Lake) Herring Gull =80 3 (Otter Tail Lake) Trumpeter Swan =80 40 (various locations) Goldeneye =80 65 (various locations) Common Merganser 2 (Otter Tail River) Common Grackle =80 25 (under our feeders) Jeff Wiersma, park manager at Glendalough State Park, saw two Sandhill Cranes in a field inside the park on Friday, March 24. Sandy and Dan Thimgan Battle Lake, Otter Tail County --=20 Thimgans Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day. --Will Duran= t