[mou] Knife Lake, Kanebec Cty

[Sandy Kuder]

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The ice went out on Knife Lake on Saturday afternoon.  Good couple of days birding.
  On the east part of the lake:
  50-60 Common Loons  (a couple of pairs were displaying/dancing)
  40 Horned Grebes
  8 DC Cormorants
  6 White Pelicans
  Mallards
  20-25 Comon Mergansars 
  (watched a group of 5 males and 1 female.  The female was interested in a male who  seemed to be totally ignoring her.  Another male was swimming circles around her trying to keep the other males away.    
  1 Redhead Duck
  Mallards
   
  Heard but not seen:
  Sandhill Cranes   
   
  Seen close by:
  Northern Harrier, female
  Red Bellied Woodpecker
  Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
  Eastern Bluebird
  Tree Swallows
  Wood Thrush
  Phobees - (watching them add to "their" nest)
  W.B. Nuthatchs
  Savannah Sparrows 
   
  Don't you just L O V E Springtime!
   
  Sandy Kuder
  Coon Rapids    

		
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<div>The ice went out on Knife Lake on Saturday afternoon.&nbsp; Good couple of days birding.</div>  <div>On the east part of the lake:</div>  <div>50-60&nbsp;Common Loons&nbsp; (a couple of pairs were displaying/dancing)</div>  <div>40&nbsp;Horned Grebes</div>  <div>8 DC Cormorants</div>  <div>6&nbsp;White Pelicans</div>  <div>Mallards</div>  <div>20-25 Comon Mergansars&nbsp;</div>  <div>(watched a group of 5 males and 1 female.&nbsp; The female was interested in a male who&nbsp; seemed to be totally ignoring her.&nbsp; Another male was swimming circles around her trying to keep the other males away.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>  <div>1 Redhead Duck</div>  <div>Mallards</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>Heard but not seen:</div>  <div>Sandhill Cranes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>Seen close by:</div>  <div>Northern Harrier, female</div>  <div>Red Bellied Woodpecker</div>  <div>Yellow Bellied Sapsucker</div>  <div>Eastern Bluebird</div>  <div>Tree Swallows</div>
  <div>Wood Thrush</div>  <div>Phobees - (watching them add to "their" nest)</div>  <div>W.B. Nuthatchs</div>  <div>Savannah Sparrows&nbsp;</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>Don't you just L O V E Springtime!</div>  <div>&nbsp;</div>  <div>Sandy Kuder</div>  <div>Coon Rapids&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </div><p>
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