For those heading up to Grand Marias to look for the Sage Thrasher seen today in Grand Marais, also keep an eye open for the following birds found on the North Shore by the Minn Birding Weekends group:
Red-throated Loon (juv) - Flood Bay, Lake Co Surf Scoter (3) - Good Harbor Bay, Cook Co White-winged Scoter - Flood Bay Long-tailed Duck (2) - mouth of Cascade R, Cook Co Thayer's Gull (juv/1st-winter) - Grand Marais harbor Black-backed Woodpecker (2) - Two Harbors Harbor Walk Field Sparrow - Lutsen Sea Villas (east side), Cook Co Vesper Sparrow - Two Harbors, along tracks N of Edna G tugboat Le Conte's Sparrow - Flood Bay, by foot bridge next to Superior Shores Northern Cardinal - Grand Marais, along 8th Ave West near the Sage Thrasher Western Meadowlark (2) - Two Harbors White-winged Crossbills - Lutsen Sea Villas Kim Eckert
