Blue Lake remains closed to birders. The best you can do is let the guard at the west gate know you are going to walk up to the back side from the Wilke Unit (the north side of the plant) and peer through the fence. Maybe some day when we no longer have heightened hysteria perpetuated by the White House we will have access again. Ned Winters Bloomington, Hennepin Co. nwinters@isd.net