[mou] Amazing Pelicans

[eckma001]

On Sunday I saw a small flock of about thirty White Pelicans just to the
south of Forest Lake.  One had a fish cross-ways in its bill.  They were
flying low, right up and over I 35, toward the lake on the opposite side of
the road.  There is also an active Bald Eagle nest just east of I-35 a mile
or two north of the I-35 split.  It is visible from the freeway.  If you
are in the Rush City area you can see hundreds of Common Mergansers on
north end of East Rush Lake (around LaBelle Isle). 
Karlyn Eckman

On 12 Apr 2004, Kelly Larson wrote:
> Easter Sunday trip excerpt, Dakota Cty
>     I followed cty hwy 18 to Ravenna Trail (cty hwy 54) stopping
> occasionally to scope more teal and a whole lot of Wood Ducks. I hit pay
> dirt just SE of Hastings at Lake Isabelle. Three quarters of the visible
> lake edge was packed with American White Pelicans. I pulled to the
> shoulder and set up a scope. For about twenty minutes I watched. While
> half of them were actively feeding on the south end, the rest were
> either preening or sleeping on the north end. I tried to count. Getting
> to a hundred I estimated the size of this group in relation to the whole
> and came up with between 800-900 birds! Lots of people stopped to ask
> questions and some got out to look through the scope. Everyone was
> simple amazed! 10 Turkey Vultures circled over head and were the focus
> of more questions from passers-by.
> 
> Kelly Larson
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