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354 Wabasha St N
Saint Paul, MN 55102-1418, US&cid=lfmaplink2&name=&dtype=s\">Map of 354 Wabasha St N
Saint Paul, MN 55102-1418, US
Matty B\'s is the home of the Cooler Crew. We\'ve got a party going on every evening from 8 until the clue is released. Sunday night, if the hunt goes that long, the bar will be open but food will not be available.
Clues:
Clue No. 1 (Sunday, Jan. 21)
Welcome ice and snow and temperatures low
There’s no time for cold feet!
For searchers’ pleasure we’ve parked the treasure
Where nature lovers each other greet
Clue No. 2 (Monday, Jan. 22)
Boreas\' vast realm can overwhelm
Even diggers used to the long haul
So here\'s advice to put your hunt on ice:
Look no farther than good old St. Paul
Clue No. 3 (Tuesday, Jan. 23)
Hunters can be surly but in clue-time it’s early
Be safe, friends, and in the hunt revel
Near land that is high the treasure is nigh
Vagueness rules and that’s on the level
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Nightly Pre-Clue Get-Together
354 Wabasha St N
Saint Paul, MN 55102-1418, US&cid=lfmaplink2&name=&dtype=s\">Map of 354 Wabasha St N
Saint Paul, MN 55102-1418, US
Matty B\'s is the home of the Cooler Crew. We\'ve got a party going on every evening from 8 until the clue is released. Sunday night, if the hunt goes that long, the bar will be open but food will not be available.
Clues:
Clue No. 1 (Sunday, Jan. 21)
Welcome ice and snow and temperatures low
There’s no time for cold feet!
For searchers’ pleasure we’ve parked the treasure
Where nature lovers each other greet
Clue No. 2 (Monday, Jan. 22)
Boreas\' vast realm can overwhelm
Even diggers used to the long haul
So here\'s advice to put your hunt on ice:
Look no farther than good old St. Paul
Clue No. 3 (Tuesday, Jan. 23)
Hunters can be surly but in clue-time it’s early
Be safe, friends, and in the hunt revel
Near land that is high the treasure is nigh
Vagueness rules and that’s on the level
Overthink the clue: It's not in St. Paul
Being too anxious for some real noodling: Everything else that has been or will be mentioned (Ice Rinks, Diamonds, etc...)
dodge nature center? also 320 acres.. WSP
I think Polar Chev (and other Polar dealerships) are in either North St. Paul or White Bear Lake~ not sure which.
I think thats outta bounds. :neutral:
dang. my good map isn't here. it's in a box.. in your state.
dunno.....
St. Paul can overwhelm
Even diggers used to the long haul
So here's advice that will put your hunt on hold:
Look no farther than good old St.Paul
This is what it tells me...
Look outside St.Paul or my hunt will stall
which sucks for me if its true, as I already "named that park" as como
hopefully its the what its in clue like you guys were talking
~Artemis
I like Nicks idea of in a boo-boo cold pac
or in ice ----in St Paul
good-night
SCD's of ice and snow and no time for cold feet...
~Artemis
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Name: Mississippi River Twin Cities Important Bird Area
State: US-MN
Counties: Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington
Site Status: Recognized
Site Description:
This Important Bird Area includes the Mississippi River and its adjacent floodplain forest and uplands extending 38 river miles through four Minnesota counties from Minneapolis to Hastings. The upstream extent is the Washington Avenue bridge in Minneapolis (river mile 852). Downstream its extends through Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as encompassing portions of three townships and ten other riverfront communities to the Highway 61 bridge (river mile 814) at Hastings. The entire portion of Pool 2, which occurs between Lock & Dam 1 (at Minneapolis) and Lock & Dam 2 (at Hastings) is included, as are the lower portion of Pool 1 and the very upper end of Pool 3. The other boundaries of this Important Bird Area are congruent with the boundary of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area-National Park Service between river miles 852 to 814. Slight adjustments to this boundary were made to include bird habitat at Battle Creek Park Reserve and Fish Creek Park in Ramsey Co.
Situated within the most densely populated and highly urbanized portion of Minnesota it includes 37,091 acres of lands and water. The aquatic portion of the area encompasses 30.5% of the IBA. The aquatic habitats consist predominately of the open waters of the main river channel (26.3 %) , riverine lakes (3.5%) and open water wetlands (0.7 %) all of which are without emergent vegetation. Nearly one third of the IBA has been classified as Cultural cover types. The remaining approximately 1/3 of the IBA is composed of 12 cover types situated where land cover is >96% natural vegetation. These acres might be considered undeveloped lands.
Within the IBA, there are 3 regional park reserves of at least 1000 acres each, 2 county parks, 3 state-owned Scientific and Natural Areas, a number of city parks, and 2 small, private nature reserves currently managed for their natural attributes.
Ornithological Summary:
Situated along the Mississippi Flyway, a migratory corridor for 40% of North AmericaÂ’s waterfowl and shorebirds, an estimated 760,00 dabbling ducks use this corridor. Liddell and Cooper estimated 36,493 waterbirds (loons, cormorants, gulls, terns, ducks, geese, swans, herons, egrets, pelicans, coots, grebes, eagles, shorebirds and kingfishers) used Pool 2 in the spring of l997. Waterfowl (mainly diving ducks and Canada geese), gulls (mostly Ring-billed Gulls) and terns were the most abundant species. Six Minnesota threatened and special concern species were seen at ground survey sites during l997. Several other species of interest; Black Tern, American Redhead, Canvasback, and scaup ducks, were observed during spring migration. Bardon observed 75,584 waterbirds and documented gull activity in know roosting locations at PigÂ’s Eye Lake and Spring Lake with 2,000 BonaparteÂ’s Gulls noted in the Lower Grey Cloud Island area in April /May l995.
3,725 waterbirds were counted during biweekly summer surveys. Gulls were most abundant followed by waterfowl, cormorants, pelicans, egrets, herons, eagles and shorebirds. MN DNR Natural Heritage database indicates that one mixed species heron rookery totaling 1600+ nesting pairs of 4 species (including 80 nests of Black-crowned Night Herons), 8 Bald Eagle breeding territories and nest sites for 6-8 pairs of Peregrine Falcons are known to occur in the IBA. The fall waterbird population was 3X greater than spring and summer, with an estimated 126,071 birds; mostly gulls and cormorants through mid-October, thereafter mostly waterfowl (primarily Mallards and Canada geese). D Zumeta has recorded 157 species of birds (51 breeding) in the Mississippi River Gorge Area at the upstream end of the IBA. T. Bell reports 207 species observed at the Lower Grey Cloud Island area near the downstream end of the IBA.
Conservation Issues:
As use of the river and adjacent lands grows, there is increasing potential for conflicts between uses. Some examples that particularly impinge on the habitat values of the lands and waters within the IBA include: · Barge transportation and fleeting as well as recreational boating can cause impacts to wildlife habitat. · Maintaining navigation improvements, such as the 9-foot channel, requires periodic dredging and a need for dredge disposal sites. · Remaining areas of bird habitat could be adversely affected by extensive development. · Sand and gravel mining in the lower reaches of the IBA have to potential to considerably alter aquatic and/or terrestrial habitats. · Native vegetation along the shoreline, in wetlands, and along the bluffs is important to ecological functions of the remaining natural systems. Curtailment of natural disturbance factors ( such as fire) and invasion by exotic
Still here?
Speaking of storming the building, this dude (I don't know him) grabs the door after a worker leaves, and walks in and sits on the steps inside the PP. He is in there for like 20 minutes or so when he asks the security guard when the paper is going to come out. Well, this apparrently startled the security guard who was so consumed in his working guarding the place that he didn't see this guy sitting there. He just told him that he should wait outside.
So, storming the building was almost done, we were ready to though around 11:45 and it wasn't out yet... Funny thing is... A truck came by and dropped off the paper bundle around 11:00 or so. Hmmm...
Ramsey County Birding-Individual Location Maps
1. Rice Creek North
2. AHATS - Marsden Lake Overlook
3. Long Lake
4. Tony Schmidt - Lake Johanna
5. Grass Lake
6. Vadnais-Sucker Lake
7. Poplar Lake
8. Tamarack Nature Center
9. Otter Lake
10. Bald Eagle - Benson Prairie
11. White Bear Lake
12. Little Lake Josephine
13. Harriet Alexander Nature Center
14. Reservoir Woods
15. Keller/Phalen Lake
16. Maplewood Nature Center
17. Battle Creek East
18. Battle Creek West
19. Fish Creek
20. Pig's Eye SNA
21. Harriet Island
22. Lilydale
23. Crosby Lake
24. Hidden Falls
26. Como Park
http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/parks/NaturalResources/BirdingInRamseyCounty.htm
http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/parks/NaturalResources/urbanbirdfestival.htm
The second annual Ramsey County Bird Festival - Where Birds and People Meet is a free celebration of springtime birds, running from May 3 through May 6, 2007. The volunteer-run festival highlights the many interesting birds found in St. Paul and suburbs and is designed to atttract families and others to birding, America's most popular outdoor activity.
:wink: sorry, I'm a dad....
Even diggers used to the long haul
when people used to dig for gold they would make the long haul across the country in hopes to get rich off of the gold they would find.
Sperry univac then unisys now us bank is across the street from crosby
WHATCHA ALL THINK??????
ice and snow = on a new disc
eh...
but, "temperatures low" = a lower tree stump
hmmm...
Anyway, I still think there isn't too much in these first two as of yet....
But if this helps it helps, and if it don't it don't.
Have a great Monday everyone!
~Artemis~
I dont think i've seen anybody make coffee and set donuts and stuff out around here, in a long time... :goofy:
ice - in both clues. could be in Ice breakers mint container?, boo boo ice pack, chunk of ice?? ice skateing, lake, pond etc near by
I think the main clue is to look or not in St Paul.
the colon after ice is unusual, but don't go looking up that frogs colon, I know how some of you think. I just think it highlights the last sentence.
I think that wording would mostly fit in connection with if you look in St. Paul, you will be delaying your hunt. The advice would be look in St. Paul if they were suggesting St Paul. The "no further" part only makes sense in the double negative interpretation.
 Now I am thinking more and more outside St. Paul.
Yeah, St Paul is big and overwhelming, even to those used to the area. We made it easier on you and restricted it to St Paul.
however if later in the hunt the clues are pointing to a non-St. Paul park, I will entertain that idea, considering this doesn't completely eliminate anything.
Regarding the "put your hunt on ice", I think of putting champagne on ice to celebrate. I believe that's what they were getting at in wording.
If it said "here's advice, put your hunt on ice" then the advice would preced the colon, i.e. put your hunt on ice.