tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674460779884171000.post1618494620204657508..comments2023-05-29T09:55:40.287-06:00Comments on Still Life With Birder: Heronry & Cormorant ColonyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09585008979780342837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674460779884171000.post-15524022900110104792012-08-29T09:11:18.105-06:002012-08-29T09:11:18.105-06:00Sorry for the delay in replying...this colony has ...Sorry for the delay in replying...this colony has been amazing. Fun to watch the 'unusual egrets'. And yes, all the sloughs were drained here too, except that with the flooding last year, Ma Nature restored some balance. What has been happening here the past year or two (same as in NoDak) is that corn has become one of the big crops - for ethanol. Our Gov'ts are in the process of selling off the crownlands (publically owned) community pastures - expect much of that will be corn fields surrounding oil well pumps before too long. The oil wells are being drilled as we speak.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09585008979780342837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674460779884171000.post-22852390082441008592012-08-20T14:39:37.593-06:002012-08-20T14:39:37.593-06:00How neat to see all the shorebirds. We see very fe...How neat to see all the shorebirds. We see very few in the karst regioun of S.E. Minn. There weren't many sloughs to begin with and the demands of modern agricultre seem to have required them all to be drained. Of what it the need for gasoline (ethanol) for our gas guzzlers...troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674460779884171000.post-80342459594141552662012-08-16T15:55:50.161-06:002012-08-16T15:55:50.161-06:00Thanks, Val. I agree. It is wonderful to have so...Thanks, Val. I agree. It is wonderful to have some hot-spot birding locations down here, within a short drive from our places. I am already looking forward to checking this location daily come Spring. It will be fun to see what returns and when. And, Thanks for stopping by and commenting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09585008979780342837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674460779884171000.post-46247383972698113692012-08-16T13:38:25.295-06:002012-08-16T13:38:25.295-06:00Great shots to depict the area Kathy. We saw only ...Great shots to depict the area Kathy. We saw only 10 Great Egrets - two off by themselves and eight in a grouping a little to the right. Also 10 Cattle Egrets were roosting in the tree bluff to the left of your photo that day and lots across the road mixing with the cattle. It is nice to have some good birding finds in the SE corner this year. Usually it's us travelling all over the province to see things like this eh! Thanks for sharing. ValValnoreply@blogger.com