Still finding Fox Sparrows, Hermit Thrushes, Purple Finches, and many Juncos around the house. I have never heard so many of the Juncos singing as I have this year. Maybe some will stick around. Three or four years ago I found a male singing in Eagan by the river, but I could not relocated a few days later. Everywhere I go I find pairs of Mallards wandering in the streets. Yesterday a pair was wandering in my front yard.
I had an interesting report of a small bat flying during Sunday night's snow storm. I thought it might be a victim of white nose infection, where the bats are known to leave their hibernacula early. But, a bat expert explained it was probably a bat that had already established itself in its maternal roost, but needed to get water. And, the only part of the picture that was wrong for the time was the snow. I am pretty sure that I found an ermine (weasel in white) dead by the concrete barrier in the middle of Hwy 100 near Excelsior in St. Louis Park. It was not in the kind of place where I could stop. There is also the possibility that it was only a dead gym sock. Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
