Tip for Duluth birders trying to confirm Cave/Cliff Swallows. Last week I
was in Cape May, New Jersey and found that Cave Swallows would forage in
early-to mid afternoon low over sand dunes and over marshes and ponds in
the morning, no doubt due to the availability of insect life. Good luck!
Bob
While hiking at Lake Rebecca Park Reserve in western Hennepin County
on Sunday afternoon, I came upon a Mute Swan. The swan was in an
impoundment area together with about two dozen Trumpeter Swans just
west of Lake Rebecca (directions below). The reason for the delay in
posting this was
Drove down to Pool #8 south of La Crosse yesterday with three novice
birders hoping to see thousands of Tundra Swans and make an
impression. It worked.
-Saw a reported 12,000 Tundra Swans that I guess-timated to be more
like 20K - heck let's make it 120K for bragging rights - after all I
Ron Erpelding asked me to post that he was unable to re-find the Pacific
Loon on Lake Osakis today.
He did find both White-winged and Black Scoters there, however.
Herb Dingmann
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This afternoon I birdwatched at the Superior Entry at Wisconsin Point. There
were so many gulls there! One of the biggest surprises was seeing a fox near
the end of the boulder-based breakwall (Minnesota side). It was just
sleeping away, curled up in a little ball. I got some very distant photos
All the Sparrows on the Minnesota Christmas Bird Count
American Tree Sparrow (163,717)
Chipping Sparrow (29)
Clay-colored Sparrow (2)
Dark-eyed Junco (240,057)
Eastern Towhee (24)
Field Sparrow (49)
Fox Sparrow (132)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (2)
Green-tailed Towhee (2)
Harris's Sparrow
Here's my most recent photos from today! Enjoy
*Hawk Ridge*
Northern Goshawk
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/119465434
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/119465467
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Canal Park*
Ring-billed Gull
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/119465427
Thayer's Gull
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