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Cold Spring Heron Colony SNA |
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Stearns County |
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| Size | 64 acres |
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| Parking | N45 27.690, W94 23.538 Park at the end of 233rd St. |
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| Hiking Trails | None |
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| Hunting | No hunting. |
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| Ecological Classification | Province |
Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Hardwood Hills |
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Land Type Association(s) |
Vawler Moraine |
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| Native Plant Communities1 | Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) Silver Maple - Green Ash - Cottonwood Terrace Forest |
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| Ownership | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
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| Comments |
Access to the area north of the river is by permit only. |
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| Birds | Great blue herons have not nested on the site since 1989. One bird species with protected status in Minnesota has been seen here: Special concern – Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) |
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) |
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| Insects and Arachnids |
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eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) |
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| Plants |
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| Visits | 5/9/2012 |
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