I apologize for the late report. My husband, Noah, and I visited St. Louis County recently, primarily to bird Sax-Zim Bog. This was our second visit to the area; our first visit was in Dec. 2009. We had fun birding the bog, even though we missed our target birds (Great Gray and Northern Hawk Owl). Since we live in southern Indiana, our bird "highlights" on the trip were Gray Jays, Black-billed Magpies, Boreal Chickadees, Pine Grosbeaks, White-winged Crossbills and Common Redpolls.
Thanks to Mike Hendrickson for all the information he has shared on the 'net about birding Sax-Zim Bog. Duluth, St. Louis County, MN, US, St. Louis, US-MN Dec 28, 2011 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 10.0 mile(s) Comments: Canal Park & MN Point, very few gulls at Canal Park this evening 8 species Mallard 40 Bufflehead 2 Common Goldeneye 25 Bald Eagle 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Herring Gull X Glaucous Gull 1 Rock Pigeon X Sax Zim Bog, St. Louis, US-MN Dec 29, 2011 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 105.0 mile(s) Comments: searching primarily for owls and not finding any :( 19 species Ruffed Grouse 2 Bald Eagle 7 Rough-legged Hawk 6 -all light phase, 1 male, 5 fem/juv Rock Pigeon 10 Downy Woodpecker 4 Hairy Woodpecker 8 Gray Jay 6 Blue Jay 3 Black-billed Magpie 3 -2 on Sax Rd, 1 on Stickney Rd American Crow 10 Common Raven 60 Black-capped Chickadee 75 Boreal Chickadee 2 -Admiral Rd feeders Red-breasted Nuthatch 15 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Pine Grosbeak 5 -in pines around church north of Meadowlands Country Grocery Store (which looked to be out of business?) White-winged Crossbill 200 -undercounted - many large flocks found in spruce and tamaracks throughout the bog Common Redpoll 150 -undercounted - many large flocks American Goldfinch 10 Duluth--Canal Park, St. Louis, US-MN Dec 30, 2011 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Stationary 7 species Mallard 20 Bufflehead 2 Common Goldeneye 30 Common Merganser 5 Herring Gull 50 Thayer's Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 15 Amy & Noah Kearns Mitchell, Indiana ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
