I checked the MN DNR waterfowl report for the first time since the last one I posted, and it was a little bit of a buzzkill to see the counts on Rice Lake---Really High but Really Old (Oct. 4th)
[After Post Edit: Nevermind. I just looked at it again and caught the date of the count being 10/16....so why does it say week of Oct. 4th at top?]
I searched to see if I could find a recent one and no dice. However a STrib article reports there's still 600K on it, and radar picked it up as a suspected forest fire.....
http://m.startribune.com/suspected-fire ... 563291432/
I also found this article that I thought was decent....
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sport ... s-of-ducks
There are ducks in MN. We even have a legit NWR that puts up very respectable duck counts. I wonder how many refuges post higher duck counts? What percentile would it be in? Top ten-percent? Twenty-five?
It's another reminder that MN is maybe the worst wildlife viewing state imaginable.