Hello all, I spent Saturday birding in southern Hubbard County. Lots of thrushes -
18 Eastern Bluebird 15 Hermit Thrush 100+ American Robin And the highlight of the day, a very early Wood Thrush right across from Eagle Bay Farms Nursery about 1/2 mile west of Hubbard CR 20 on Circle Pines Drive. I had flushed the bird from the side of the gravel road near a second-growth deciduous woodlot, and found it again skulking in the underbrush. Hopefully the warm southerly winds will continue to bring in more migrants to the region this week. Other first of year birds in Hubbard Co. (for me anyhow): Common Loon Song Sparrow Fox Sparrow Eastern Phoebe - 8 total, one pair in our backyard singing like crazy. Northern Flicker Belted Kingfisher Osprey We also have a pair of Southern Flying Squirrels visiting our feeders at night. They particularly like the woodpecker suet log (an 18" birch log drilled with 1" holes and packed with a peanut butter and suet mixture). They were chasing each other around the tree trunks and gliding from tree to tree for about half an hour. Absoulutely wonderful to have them here! Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 [email protected] http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/Mounting_Chalcidoidea/Chalcmount.htm
