[mou] Sandhill Crane observations 2006 and 2007

[John Green]

The observation that Molly Thompson posed on July 14th of a Sandhill 
Crane in Normanna Twp, north of Duluth, also brought forth an 
observation from last year of a breeding pair with young north of where 
Molly lives.

On July 7th and 25th of 2006, George Kirk reported to Steve Wilson that 
he had seen a pair with flightless young in North Star Township (T53N 
R13W).  The site is on the Pequaywan Lake Rd. in the SW 1/4 of the SW 
1/4 of Section 15.

For this year, Steve also reported a pair of Sandhill Cranes at Crest 
Lake, Lake County, on June 14th acting as if they had young.  Crest Lake 
is a beautiful shallow sedge wetland where Steve has seen Wilson's 
Phalaropes in the past.  It is west of Lake County highway #2 in T57N 
R11W, and only accessible by logging roads.

Also this year on July 19th I drove back to Duluth from Virginia via 
Zim-Toivola-Meadowlands on county roads  Found 9 adult Sandhill Cranes 
in a recently harvested field on the Toivola Rd. (southeast of Toivola 
in T54NR19W) and one adult crane at Sax (Co. rd. #28) just off of Co. 
Rd. #7.

Jan Green.