I took a break from homework and visited the north shore this weekend with my parents. We saw around sixty species, with the following being our better finds -
10/21 RED-NECKED GREBE - Five Mile Rock CACKLING GOOSE - Two Harbors Golf Course SNOW GOOSE - Two Harbors Golf Course (a few blue morphs present) ROSS'S GOOSE - 2 at Two Harbors Golf Course BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER - Two Harbors - Lighthouse Point GRAY JAY - a few along Highway 61, including one feeding on a roadkilled deer MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD - refound the individual at Bayfront Park - right along the canal - it was on the cement objects there (don't know exactly what they're called) AMERICAN PIPIT - many spots LAPLAND LONGSPUR - many spots SNOW BUNTING - many spots 10/22 SNOW GOOSE - Park Point SURF SCOTER - Park Point WHITE-WINGED SCOTER - Park Point AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER - 1 male at Brighton Beach - near the outhouse The crows were migrating in very large numbers. Also saw numerous juvenile bald eagles and found a dead lake sturgeon at Park Point. Good birding to everyone! Keith Pulles, Wright County
