Last year we had a number of Wilson's Snipes over-winter in spring feed streams in Wild River State Park. This morning on my way to volunteer in the Visitor Center I stopped to check on snipes and within 30 seconds spotted a snipe in the exact location along Spring Creek, in Wild River State Park, where 3 of the birds overwintered last year. I did not take time to look for more. All the smaller ponds and lakes have a skim of ice now and the river is forming ice in places. A little too early to make any assumptions about this winter, but this bird certainly appears to be staged for another attempt at over-wintering. Stay tuned...
Today's photo at: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rjstenseng/Photos/WISNfall2013.jpg Wild River State Park is located north of Taylors Falls, Minnesota, on the St. Croix River. Rubin Stenseng Wild River State Park Volunteer Chisago County, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
