We are so blessed to have Carroll as part of our community. Doris Rubenstein
From: Minnesota Birds on behalf of Holly Peirson
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 3:12 PM
To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: [mou-net] Carroll Henderson featured in ABA's Birding Magazine
My BIRDING magazine came the other day, and fell open to a photo I've seen
before, in the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, of Carroll Henderson holding a
swan. So, I read the article right away, and thoroughly enjoyed it!
I have been going to write a note to Carroll and to the MOU for a couple of
weeks, but time gets away from one...
We took a Sunday Drive recently, and saw small family groups of Trumpeter Swans
along the St. Croix River in several spots.
We frequently go through Centerville to get to I-35E, and over the winter have
seen up to 30 swans between Peltier and George Watch lakes in the Rice Creek
open water areas.
My St Paul Audubon Society team does St Paul North's Area 2 for the annual
Christmas Bird Count. For at least the last 5-7 years, the number of swans
we've seen on Sucker Lake, the creek between, or at the north end of Lake
Vadnais has been in the 25-33 range.
Every time I see them, I think of those articles and how Carroll pulled the
reintroduction off!
Since I live a long home run from the south end of Carlos Avery, we recall
seeing the hatching cages there, and hearing the story from the manager as to
what they were used for.
I am SO grateful to Carroll for not taking NO for an answer, when the
opportunity arose for the DNR's Non-Game Wildlife (group? or just Carroll at
that point?!) to begin the reintroduction.
Holly Peirson
SE Anoka Co.
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