Comments on: Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge

Comments on: Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge https://naturechat.org A community exploring the natural world Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:36:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.9 By: Rollin' Rog https://naturechat.org/upper-mississippi-wildlife-refuge/comment-page-189/#comment-258819 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:36:40 +0000 https://naturechat.org/?page_id=1808#comment-258819 Great Egrets, really beautiful birds! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f4b92d14180f14bcd7874701ec56483cada551889c624cdc32019d0c11d6a0f9.png

]]> By: Rollin' Rog https://naturechat.org/upper-mississippi-wildlife-refuge/comment-page-189/#comment-258766 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:22:01 +0000 https://naturechat.org/?page_id=1808#comment-258766 Great Horned Owl … https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/665897a54dbf05838c63387e2b7f7c1170661627922db53d6e61af92683b3468.jpg

]]> By: Ryn https://naturechat.org/upper-mississippi-wildlife-refuge/comment-page-188/#comment-258488 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:32:44 +0000 https://naturechat.org/?page_id=1808#comment-258488 9/14 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e7509de6d350add6f4bb23d0dc4fa68f07645d30a8b2214aaaabd28cb413b5e3.png
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]]> By: Ryn https://naturechat.org/upper-mississippi-wildlife-refuge/comment-page-188/#comment-258012 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:54:16 +0000 https://naturechat.org/?page_id=1808#comment-258012 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/41fb058bb66ebd3daed78c380437e04c3046fc1a93b6a5f3d4443b0ccaf42c60.png https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f6eee81350c011cf986a875f7cc3b4d6ee5998ff330f7571864092871f9a237a.png]]> 9/10 Be different https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/10355d7bdb28de778db80c6bbceed4181775e4152c2ac9871ea2625f5193e609.png
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]]> By: Ryn https://naturechat.org/upper-mississippi-wildlife-refuge/comment-page-188/#comment-257976 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:19:32 +0000 https://naturechat.org/?page_id=1808#comment-257976 9/10 Owl arrives at the log https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b8d69e2c36ae2fbf0a8de140394bcf652e658eac0e4714fc308b9bc7168de781.png

Owl sitting, and probably a raccoon https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1cc963d1ad531b8614b004df94e9c44538033959191761b40484db19c0a7e349.png
Raccoon sneaks towards the owl, which then flies off https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a51b864a9ad627f69a560604fd5c90f5e2506e05a98ebc7334d35c904dd57021.png

]]> By: Rollin' Rog https://naturechat.org/upper-mississippi-wildlife-refuge/comment-page-188/#comment-257899 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:51:54 +0000 https://naturechat.org/?page_id=1808#comment-257899 On highlights a Florida Sandhill Crane https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0684e11744d0509f24c41519788bd63a547878ea7f0736d6366bc1b7a995a3bd.png

]]> By: Rollin' Rog https://naturechat.org/upper-mississippi-wildlife-refuge/comment-page-188/#comment-257161 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:02:38 +0000 https://naturechat.org/?page_id=1808#comment-257161 American White Pelicans — huge group on the upper sandbar American Coots — numerous dark birds with white faces/bills Dabbling ducks, likely including Blue-winged Teal Possibly Great Egrets among the smaller white waders, but not the upper group.]]> https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2e8e716ade7834066979edafeac4b6aae9a77cddc33489b08297f8018be5d021.jpg Per Chat GPT:
🦤 American White Pelicans — huge group on the upper sandbar
American Coots — numerous dark birds with white faces/bills
Dabbling ducks, likely including Blue-winged Teal
Possibly Great Egrets among the smaller white waders, but not the upper group.

]]> By: Rollin' Rog https://naturechat.org/upper-mississippi-wildlife-refuge/comment-page-187/#comment-257153 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:46:48 +0000 https://naturechat.org/?page_id=1808#comment-257153 Great White Egret stepping through the shallows https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6ce0b38b0d1f55d43bc420522087c1b0150c844c2be2ccf022b6d2ddbb078dcc.jpg

]]> By: Joanne https://naturechat.org/upper-mississippi-wildlife-refuge/comment-page-187/#comment-257047 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:47:19 +0000 https://naturechat.org/?page_id=1808#comment-257047 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0af4896e981645e766853d99c135b1835c3a87d4de52b65a81e22564af46b299.png

]]> By: Ryn https://naturechat.org/upper-mississippi-wildlife-refuge/comment-page-187/#comment-257022 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:22:54 +0000 https://naturechat.org/?page_id=1808#comment-257022 9/03 Sunrise. Cam didn't pan so far (11:20 CDT) https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e8c349d3d552b988bf6321bf37756c1cf9262e462ebc2f32679bd33b0547d2b3.png
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