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Grouse Drumming Survey
Unread 08-02-2022, 11:49 PM   #1
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Minnesota's grouse drumming survey data has been released and is up over last Spring. The biologists are quick to point out that the conditions (weather) during the survey period were excellent and may have impacted the numbers. They also caution reading too much into the numbers as there were heavy rains and flooding in the grouse core area during the brooding period.

In any event, it's nice to start to see some numbers as we look to the coming season. Iowa and Missouri start their roadside bird counts in August. The anticipation is building at our house.

Here's a link to the MN survey: https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/wildli...urvey_2022.pdf
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