[mou] Sandhill Cranes w/ young - Pope County

[Sara_Vacek@fws.gov]

We observed a Sandhill Crane family (2 adults, 1 juvenile) last week in a
soybean field adjacent to the Overby and Nelson Lake Waterfowl Production
Areas in Pope County.  We've had a few reports of assumed pairs in eastern
Pope and Swift Counties in the last five years but this is first nesting
we're aware of...so not surprising, but definitely exciting!  Birds were in
the same spot both days, and easy to see from the road.  From Terrace, go
about 1 mi east on Hwy 104, then 0.5 mi south on gravel road - birds were
just off the SE corner of the WPA on west side of road.


Sara Vacek
Wildlife Biologist
USFWS -- Morris Wetland Management District
43875 230th St.
Morris, MN 56267
320-589-4973