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Fresh
snow and persistent rains are wreaking havoc along rivers in the Midwest. Frequent
Updates on the
Mississippi River Blog.
Many northern waterways are still covered in ice, so migrating waterfowl, pelicans, many varieties of gulls (including a recent bonapart) and EAGLES are still thick on the Upper Mississippi!
Sandhill
Cranes, Canada geese, and other migrating waterfowl are abundant in open water
and
wetland along the Upper River. Most are nesting. Contribute your sightings to
our birding posts or visit our
birding page.
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WATERWAY CRUISE REPORTS
Destination
CHINA!
Follow our slide show on CRUISING
THE YANGTZE RIVER and visiting Three Gorges Dam, Beijing, Xi'an, Chongqing and
more.
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We have featured many "Great Escape" destinations on our Waterway Cruise Reports!!
Falling Leaves expose
landslides and mudflows from August '07
You may also be interested in the story, When Bluffs
Throw Boulders or
The Flood of 1993
See the MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLOG
for a summary of statistics from August 07 RAINS.
11-15"
overnight rainfall along the Upper Mississippi River in August is now
described as a 1000-year rainfall which turned clay and silt covering the bluffs
into gelatin.
Click to See complete story and
summary.
Photo Slideshows:
Brownsville, MN |
Hokah, MN |
Goodview & Winona, MN |
Bad Axe River |
Sidie Hollow |
Winona, MN City |
Mount Sterling |
Chaseburg
For other natural oddities, visit: WHEN FISH FLY... Asian Bighead Carp have infiltrated well into the Upper Mississippi River. For some really good photos of really big fish from the Upper Mississippi, check out our regularly updated FISHING REPORT from Clements Barge in Genoa.
Updates
on 2008 finale cruises
on the
DELTA
QUEEN Steamboat
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