On Saturday Dale Yerger and I visited Canal Park for Gulls, Falcons etc. We saw....
1 Glaucous Gull, 2nd winter 1 Iceland Gull, adult 1 Thayer's Gull, 2nd winter Many Herring Gulls 1 Peregrine Falcon, adult 1 Gyrfalcon, juvenile All birds were seen right at Canal Park. The Glaucous and both falcons at approx. 1:30 pm, and the other gulls at approx. 4 pm. The Peregrine and the Gyr flew right in above the channel and appeared to be having an altercation. The Peregrine vocalized and dove at the Gyrfalcon as the two birds sped eastward over Park Point. On Sunday Molly Malecek and I visited the Sax Zim area. We saw... 2 Black-backed Woodpeckers-McDavitt road 1 Brown Creeper along McDavitt road 1 Northern Hawk Owl along McDavitt road 1 Boreal Chickadee about .5 miles east of Owl ave on Arkola. 15 Snow Buntings along CR 7 1 Ruffed Grouse along Blue Spruce ave. 7 (at least)Rough-legged Hawks throughout area 5 Gray Jays along McDavitt and Correction Line. Ben Wieland Ben Wieland Deep Portage Learning Center 2197 Nature Center Dr. NW Hackensack, MN 56452 (218)682-2325 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
