hi everyone has anyone been up to crex ? are the roads plowed in the winter? this is my first winter coming to crex. looking for snow owls or what ever is up...
... The roads are wide open. Ruff grouse on the edges of lodge poles, no owls or raptors have been seen. A few pheasants are by the pump house corner. A...
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And if the wildlife is sparse the landscape is still of interest. Weather allowing, next month prior to the full moon we will be coming up to photograph...
Our own Toomanykayaks has an article printed about her this week in our local paper about her New Years Day trip to North Hudson on the St. Croix River to...
yes, i have been to crex shooting the reflections in the ice storm branches and weeds, also weeds sticking out of the snow and rainbows in the snow, when the...
... Please read up on the dangers of lead poisoning and pass your ... 6 days ago I posted in one of my favorite www haunts about the above swans from the info...
Thanks for the good information, Windchill. As always, I'm happy to haul/grab birds as necessary. I transport both to The Raptor Center in St. Paul, and to...
This morninng I was once again part of a transport team getting another one of our trumpeters to Marge Gibson for treatment. This one is a 14 year old swan,...
WOW, Mary, Chimiigwitch (big thanks in Ojibwe)! I am so glad the birds are doing good...my heart is so sad for them...I have been keeping the birds and the...
Thanks, Anna. Having the support on both the lead issue and the swan issue is really helpful. I know that when there is a Trumpeter in my back seat, I also...
Has anybody taken note of the area the swans are feeding in during the winter... Maybe the whole area that stays open... then asking the Wisconsin natural...
... Hi Bill The swans are being poisoned in several places I am are aware of. The St. Paul paper did a story a couple weeks ago about the swans turning up...
... Hi, Mr Windchill. That might be right about the majority of lead poisoning is from shotgun pellets, but I think that applies mostly to the warm weather ...
Hi again Bill First, thanks for the respectful nature of your post but I should clarify, I am a woman but not a lady :) Just call me windchill. I agree that...
I think we can all agree that ingesting lead from any source is harmful, not only to birds and animals but to humans as well. The key is to educate people to...
... Whoops.. umm... Sorry, there, Windchill!! ... I was telling toomanykayaks the other day about my conversion from lead to steel. It was before the Raptor...
... I think I see where your going. But what seems to be happening with the old lead is its being disturbed leading to it being re-exposed. Watching the swans...
... Oh, yes, I agree that they are getting old lead shotgun pellets in the marshes in the summer. I think they are sifting through the muck looking for them...
Hi Bill, this is "crowman", jimmy springett, from Webster.You're stirring up good waters with the lead issue with swans, many other animals not just swans are...
First of all, we have some very good news. The Wisconsin Natural Resources board voted the other day to DELIST the Trumpeters (also osprey). Not only did the...
The Wisconsin DNR-Bureau of Endangered Resources has recently released a very good dvd called: Trumpeter Swans; For Generations to Come. It's a look at the...
Thanks for the reminder Mary. I watched the little promo video available then got the address and put a check in the mail today for it. Now I can't wait to...
Agogo and I saw a real happy sight today. A favorite swan of a lot of people, 82K, green collar (there is a yellow collared 82K also) was sighted in Burnett...
... stirring up good waters with the lead issue with swans, many other animals not just swans are impacted. I was thinking the other day there might be ways to...
Great time for landscape photos at Crex. Beyond the usual suspects, also found White-winged Crossbills, Pine Grosbeaks,and Common Redpolls. I suspect it will...
I haven't put out the formal announcement yet, but now is a great time to get out there to get winter landscapes, etc. The 2009 photo contest will be titled...
Hi Folks, I appreciate the updates on swans and the lead discussion....but give me some wildlife updates! Rich's post is a good start and it makes my cabin...
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