Saturday, November 6: My parents and I birded the Sax-Zim area in St. Louis county and the area around Pietz's Road in Aitkin county. Though we were only out from noon to 5PM we managed to see the following highlights in addition to a number of more common birds:
Northern Hawk Owls: along Hwy 7 south of Stone Lake Road and on Hwy 200 west of Floodwater Black-backed Woodpecker: along Hwy 7 south of Stone Lake Road Ruffed Grouse: along Owl Avenue and on Hwy 18 E of Pietz's Road Gray Jays: in the Hebron Cemetery along Hwy 18 Northern Shrike: Hwy 7 south of Stone Lake Road Rough-Legged Hawks: On Arkola Rd. east of Hwy 7 and along Hwy 7 south of Stone Lake Road, one got into a tussle with a male Northern Harrier Bald Eagles: Off of Hwy 33 south of Arkola Rd. Snow Buntings: everywhere - flocks of 50-100 birds were in fields and on gravel roads in both counties Porcupine!: Hwy 7 south of Stone Lake Road Happy Birding! -- ________________________ Matthew Bribitzer-Stull Asst. Prof. of Music Theory University of Minnesota
