Whooping Crane in Rice County
2011-09-09

'Accidental' in Minnesota - Five or fewer records in Rice County for the Fall season

On 9 September 2011, two Whooping Cranes were discovered in Rice County. Ray Simon first found the birds, which grazed in a wetland on the south side of County Road 9, a couple of miles west of Decker Avenue. Although the birds are about a quarter-mile from the roadside, observers are cautioned not to trespass into the field or wetland and to use caution against disturbing the cranes.

Dan A. Tallman