The annual Spring Bird Walk is scheduled for Saturday, May 5th at Crane
Meadows National Wildlife Refuge! Meet at the refuge headquarters at 8am.
Extra binoculars will be available for use. Refreshments will be served
after the walk in the Sedge Meadow Classroom. This event is free and open
to the
Joined in the heavy cold wind by folks from the Brainerd Bird Club and a couple
of hardy young families with early elementary aged children, we managed to
sight 43 species on an adapted 2 mile saunter through the oak savannah and
restored prairie. Highlights, some new to the composite
Scott Henkemeyer and I had some great birding at Crane Meadows today just south
of Little Falls of which highlights included two Olive-sided Flycatchers
amongst six species of flycatchers, six warbler species including Magnolia and
Blackburnian, first year Orchard Oriole and a good dozen Bald
Crane Meadows (East of Little Falls 5 miles) had a guided bird outing on
Saturday. On the preserve, and next to it, 95 species were found. Birds of
note: Harris, White Crown, and White Throat Sparrows, Gold Winged Warblers,
Barred Owl, Great Horned Owl, Red headed Woodpecker. Warblers are still
Kelly Applegate reminded me of something. There is also a well developed
Purple Martin colony at Crane Meadows. I have passed a lot of time just
watching them interact. Crane Meadows is a nice place to visit if you like
to walk. They have one 3 1/2 mile loop that starts at an observation deck
If you were a person just out for number counts, it was lacking, but, a very
nice day just to bird and enjoy the surroundings. Only 76 species reported.
Birds of note: 3 warblers Yellow Rumped, Palm, Orange Crowned
shore birds.Wilson Snipe, Woodcock, Killdeer, American
Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is having a bird outing led by Milt
Blomberg and Caleb Gosiak on Sunday May. 3rd from 7:00 to 10:00 with a
brunch following. No charge. Crane Meadows wants to show off their new
trails and spotting decks that look over the Platte River and Rice-Skunk
Lake.
For the Crane Meadows directions I made a mistake and inadvertently said to
go west off from U.S. Hwy 10 (which would put you into the Mississippi
River) when it should have been east off U.S. Hwy 10 on Iris Road (county
35) 5 miles. Sorry for any confusion.
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