This afternoon and evening I've been treated to visits by a pa Hi All, This afternoon and evening I've been treated to visits by a pair of very orange-red legged green herons, who have been fishing on my little marsh. I watched one bird move up and down the edge, dropping a leaf onto the surface of the water. I only saw the method work one time, as it grabbed a little minnow and quickly swallowed it's prize. I've observed this "fishing" behavior one other time - about 15 years ago when I was working at Tamarac Refuge, and decided to eat my lunch along the river. Needless to say, my 1/2 hour lunch break ran a little long that day!
This evening's backyard serenade includes the combined voices of rose-breasted grosbeak, Baltimore oriole, yellow warbler - and the newly featured singer, scarlet tanager. Life is good. The Discovery Channel begins a 7-part series on Sunday night called, "North America." It looks amazing - I have my DVR set to record. I watched the sneak peak about prairie chickens, and it was pretty cool (with the perk of Tom Selleck is narrating - woo hoo!). Here's the link for more info: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/north-america Betsy Beneke Donovan Lake area St. Cloud/Benton County ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
