Nesting Success....Not So Much
Northern Flicker Hatchlings As I reported in my May 14th post, we discovered that a pair of northern flickers had excavated a cavity for...
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Bruce Ause
Jun 8, 2017
A June Snowstorm
Cottonwood Seeds Those of us living in Wacouta and along the Mississippi River are well aware that early June is the time for seed...
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Bruce Ause
May 27, 2017
Persistent Rains = High River Levels
Flooded Lowland Forest With the copious amount of rainfall in the past ten days, the Mississippi River has risen several feet to the...
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Bruce Ause
May 15, 2017
Rare Find and Nesting Updates
Bluebird Nest We are in the midst of a very active period for the avian nesting season this spring. On April 27th, I opened one of my...
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Bruce Ause
Apr 26, 2017
Spring Is Busting Out All Over
Leaves coming out on bluff behind Wacouta Bay Since my last post, there has been a plethora of evidence that full blown spring is upon us....
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Bruce Ause
Apr 15, 2017
Surprise At The Beaver Lodge
Beaver Lodge On my posting from March 25th, I reported about the current beaver dam construction on and around Bullard Creek. As I...
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Bruce Ause
Apr 4, 2017
Wood Ducks Return and Turkeys Strut
Drake and Hen Wood Duck Since my last posting on our blog, many species of waterfowl have arrived in our area from their winter haunts. ...
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Bruce Ause
Mar 25, 2017
First Barge, Beaver and Pasque Flowers
First Barge of the Season The average date for the first barge of the spring to pass through the Hastings lock and dam # 2 is March 22nd....
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Bruce Ause
Mar 10, 2017
Eagles Nesting and Maple Sap Flowing
Eagle Nesting Despite the fact that the Minnesota DNR had a camera featuring an active bald eagle nest in the metro as early as January,...
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Bruce Ause
Feb 25, 2017
From Spring to Winter
Male Cardinal Starting the second week of February, spring arrived with a bang. With the unseasonably warm weather, several signs of...
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Bruce Ause
Feb 12, 2017
Cross Country Skiing Ends- Spring Just Around the Corner
Bald Eagle Nest near Wacouta Pond Unless we receive a big dump of spring snow, it looks as if my cross country skiing outings in Wacouta...
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Bruce Ause
Feb 4, 2017
Winter is Still Hanging Around
View of Wacouta from the top of Rattlesnake Bluff Despite the fact that we had a string of 8 days the last part of January where high...
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Bruce Ause
Jan 19, 2017
Winter's New Normal and ELC Connections
Ice Covered Norway Pine Needles One of the effects of global climate change is very erratic and intense weather events. It seems as...
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Bruce Ause
Jan 6, 2017
Manna (Fish) From Heaven
Winter View of Lake Pepin With the most unusual winter we have experienced this year, I decided to go for a walk down to the Head of Lake...
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Bruce Ause
Dec 28, 2016
From Minus 22 to 42 Above in Just 48 Hours
Wacouta neighbor Suzanne Blue shares her photo of the sunrise over Rattlesnake Bluff flanked by two spectacular sundogs around 9:00 am on...
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Bruce Ause
Dec 15, 2016
Eagles, Mergansers, Goldeneyes and Gizzard Shad
Adult Eagle perching Depending on the weather, fall migration for eagles and diving ducks ranges from the end of November to mid-December....
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Bruce Ause
Dec 4, 2016
Intense Action at the Bird Feeders
Pileated Woodpeckers Despite the open conditions and unseasonably warm temperatures through December 3rd, we are experiencing exciting...
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Bruce Ause
Nov 21, 2016
Finally Winter
Sunrise over Rattlesnake Bluff Despite the fact that Wacouta didn't receive any snow from the big storm system that pushed through...
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Bruce Ause
Nov 12, 2016
Longest Growing Season on Record
Winter Rye and Rattlesnake Bluff With records for November warm weather being shattered on a daily basis, the growing season continues. ...
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Bruce Ause
Nov 1, 2016
Past Peak Color
View of lower Wacouta from the bluff top looking east Peak color in the Wacouta area was on or around October 19th when this photo was...
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