[mou] E. Rush Lake birding near Rush City
Alt, Mark
Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com
Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:56:19 -0500
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I fished and birded in Chisago County Saturday and Sunday and was amazed
at the concentration of waterfowl along the extreme SE shoreline of East
Rush LAke, just west of Rush City. There were over 3,000 ducks, all
divers, Common Goldeneyes, Buffleheads, and Common Mergansers were the
species seen. They congregated along the reed beds on the SE shoreline
just before dark on Sunday. I could not believe how many. I observed
them with binos from over 1/4 mile and saw them fly in to the area. We
were goign to drive our boat in, bu tas we got close to ID distance, a
few skeins lifted off and circled us, I didn't want ot flush the birds
just before dark, so we left them be. There were 25 Common Loons on the
lake, in 4 groups, and several hundred Ring-billed Gulls. The waer
temperature was over 50Degrees int eh shallows where the ducks are, and
under 46 degres int hedeeper part of the lake. Do they seek out warm
water for sleeping? DO divers regularly seek out shallows for evenings?
OH, by the way, the Crappies were hitting, and the mosqiotoes were
biting already.
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