Yesterday Sharon and I birded the North Shore from Two Harbors to Grand Marais with Dave and Sarah Grosshuesch. We found a Red-bellied Woodpecker on the west side of Beaver Bay, in the small neighborhood south of Highway 61. It was near the junction of Slater Drive and Ruth Street. There was also a pair of Northern Cardinals and four American Robins here.
We found a Townsend's Solitaire in Schoeder along Highway 61, at the road to the Father Baragas Cross. We could not find either of the two solitaires at the Tofte Town Park, but we did have a flock of about 30 Bohemian Waxwings fly over. In Grand Marais there was a flock of at least 125 Bohemain Waxwings and about 25 Cedar Waxwings along 8th Avenue, a block up from Highway 61. We found a pair of Northern Cardinals near 10th Avenue and 2nd Street. We didn't see any Harlequins in the harbor, and only saw a couple dozen Herring Gulls. The lake was extremely rough with 20+ mph southeast winds. The mountain ash crop is pretty amazing up there. We saw small groups of Pine Grosbeaks all along Highway 61 between Beaver Bay and Grand Marais. Jim Lind Two Harbors
