Sharon and I birded along the North Shore today from Stoney Point up to Silver Bay and found a few interesting things:
Cackling Goose - 1 at mouth of Knife River Bonaparte's Gull - 2 at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 28 counted throughout the day Boreal Chickadee - 1 near mouth of Knife River Marsh Wren along American Dock Road in Knife River Our first Horned Larks and American Pipits of the fall 14 sparrow species, including: 2 Vesper Sparrows in field at west end of 2nd Ave. in Two Harbors 3 LeConte's Sparrows - 1 east of Emily's in Knife River and 2 on the east side of Silver Bay, south of the AmericInn Our first Harris's and Fox sparrows of the fall 2 Bobolinks in field across road from Burlington Bay in Two Harbors Jim Lind Two Harbors