WANDERING THE "U.P."..IMMENSELY EXHILARATING!
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Grand Maria #2
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Grand Maria #3
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Grand Maria #4
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The West Bay Dinner and Delicatessen,Grand Maria, a restored 1949 Paramount Diner, superb home-cooked meals, interesting souveni
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Grand Maria, environmental group cleaning invasive exotic (Pueple Knapweed)
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around the endangered Pritcher's Thistle
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We are looking at this nice "fixer-upper" in Menominee County
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Seney National Wildlife Refuge,Trumpeter Swans.
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Mike Tansy, Seney NWR Wildlife Biologist says Seney was home to a peak population of 191 adult swans ad 84 cygnets in 2003.
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This was up from 166 in 2002, and has been annually increasing since they were re-established (Mike Tansy)
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Cygnets that survived to flight, of the 84 in 2003 numbered 42 (Mike Tansy)
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Bald eagles account for most cygnet losses as they have learned how easy it is to dine on young swans (Mike Tansy)
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a few more Seney swans
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Great Blue Heron at Seney
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Seney Loons
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Seney chipmunk
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