Dead Trees Along Wacouta Bay With the west coast experiencing mega-wildfires and the gulf coast being repeatedly impacted by hurricanes,...

Fog Shrouded Rattlesnake Bluff August moving into early September is an optimum time to observe morning fog a result of cool air over the...

Rattlesnake Bluff in Summer Without a doubt, the most recognizable land feature in Wacouta Township is Rattlesnake Bluff.  Here are a few...

Hatching Photo courtesy of Dave McDougall Just a few days after the first clutch of bluebirds featured in my last post fledged...

Bluebird Adult and Fledglings As I ended my last post on Wacouta Nature Notes, I shared the fact that we had an active bluebird nest in...

Rainbow It is somewhat common to observe a rainbow in this "neck of the woods."  What is uncommon for me is to have a camera close by to...

State Park You may have noticed on May 13th, a new sign appeared along Wacouta Road.  The previous sign indicated Wacouta Pond was a...

Brown Thrasher With all the many challenges we are currently facing with the pandemic, there will no doubt be many positive changes to...

Downy Woodpeckers Despite the fact that winter is still with us, it is beautiful outside this morning.  Bright sunshine on all the snow...

Tufted Titmouse In these unprecedented and uncertain times, spring continues to move forward.  I would like to share some interesting...

Snow Moon The Native American name for the February full moon is the "Snow Moon."  This year that occurred on February 9th. Wacouta Pond...

Frozen River Ever since the Prairie Island Nuclear plant became operational in the early 1970's. the warm water discharge at the plant...

Mergansers and Goldeneyes On December 20th, I received an email from our Wacouta neighbors Dan and Diane Mueller reporting a remarkable...

Icy Reflection As I mentioned in my last post, the water level on the river has continued to remain abnormally high throughout the entire...

First Dusting of Snow I woke up the morning of October 29th to a dusting of our first snow of the season. It would turn out to provide...

High Water at the Head of Lake Pepin It seems as though the Mississippi River has been abnormally high since the spring snow melt in...

Beaver Activity In my last post, I gave you an update on all the wildlife activity in and around the beaver pond adjacent to Goodhue...

Double Rainbows Since starting Wacouta Nature Notes a couple years ago, I have come to realize that some of my most unusual experiences...

Resident Canada Geese On the morning of July 29th, I observed our resident flock of Canada geese checking out the bike trail crossing on...

High Water on Wacouta Pond "Why has the water in Wacouta pond stayed so high for so long?" Without a doubt this has been the most...