[mou] Hiawatha Geese

[alyssa]

Does anyone know if the Ross's goose is still on Lake Hiawatha (or 
neighboring lakes)? Thanks~

alyssa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Bergad" <rbergad@mn.rr.com>
To: <mou-net@cbs.umn.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 3:58 PM
Subject: [mou] Hiawatha Geese


> Despite snow and icing on Lake Hiawatha, all the geese still abound, 
> including the single Ross goose.  As most of the lake has iced over, 
> several hundred geese remain at the out flow of Minnehaha Creek into the 
> lake.  Most of the flock including the Ross is on a large open pond 
> (which, incidentally, is open for most of the winter and usually houses a 
> large flock of mallards) that is located about three hundred feet 
> northwest of the  water pumping station building on the west side of the 
> lake.  A cooper's hawk was circling the pond and came to light in a pine 
> just east of the pond about 3:00 pm today.  For the patient observer fox 
> and mink have also been spotted nearby this pond.
>
>
> Bob Bergad
> South Minneapolis
>
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