Several birds of note were seen yesterday and today (21-22 June) while guiding a VENT group in the Sax-Zim Bog. Hopefully these might be of interest to other birders, since so little has been reported from there lately:
Great Gray Owls - one on Stickney Rd (CR 207), 0.1 mi N of Arkola Rd (CR 52); another on McDavitt Rd (CR 213), 2.5 mi N of Sax Rd (CR 28) 2 Long-eared Owls hunting mid-morning in broad daylight (!) - Owl Ave (CR 202), 0.1 mi S of Overton Rd (CR 980) Black-backed Woodpecker nest - McDavitt Rd, 2.4 mi N of Sax Rd (~100 yards W of road, across a water-filled ditch) Black-billed Cuckoo - jct of Stickney & Arkola Rds Boreal Chickadee - McDavitt Rd, 2.7 mi N of Sax Rd Connecticut Warblers - at Long-eared Owl and Black-backed locations Also seen in Duluth: Horned Grebe at Brighton Beach; Peregrine Falcon perched on Greysolon Plaza Bldg at 3rd Ave E & Superior St. - Kim Eckert
