Late Summer Musings

The prairie has recovered following the late April burn.  Relatively low water levels, having cut back some of the sandbar willows over the winter and the wonderful help of neighbor Rich and his team mean there's a path to the Bark River for the first time in several years.  See the updated map on the main page.

The birding has been good.  Although the Trumpeter Blind couple appeared to be in nesting mode before the prescribed burn and buggered off in early May, shorebird activity from the Trumpeter Blind has been decent.  Recent finds include a Black-Necked Stilt (pictured below) and an American Avocet.  Egrets have been massing overnight from the trumpeter blind and can often be seen in large flocks at sunrise and sunset.

2022 has brought two native finds.  Reported earlier on the Adana/Wabesa point from ~500BCE found following the burn in early May.  Recently, I found a St Charles hafted scraper or chipped projectile point dates 6,000-8,000BCE (pictured below).