I can't believe the #'s of birds around right now. MN is something, You think there is not a dam one left then harvest goes away and the snow comes and it's like ant hills in allot of areas. SHfor life, a friend that lives just south of you between Montgomery and Waterville is seeing birds all over down there. Try walking some smaller cattail patches. I was on the phone with him yesterday and he was actually by Killkenny looking at birds.