Dave Grosshuesch and I went up to Little Marais (not to be confused with Grand Marais) and saw the Painted Bunting at about 4:00 this afternoon. In the directions I previously posted, I forgot to mention that the driveway splits in two and that the house is on the left.
The male Ruddy Duck was still present at the Beaver Bay sewage ponds, but we could not relocate the Smith's Longspur or Greater White- fronted Goose. The Eared Grebe was still present at the Castle Danger sewage ponds, as well as a White-rumped Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, and Cooper's Hawk (carrying food). We didn't relocate the Yellow-headed Blackbird. I talked to the homeowners at the Summer Tanager location near Silver Bay, and they were not aware of the bird nor had they seen it since it left in late November 2006. Was this the same bird, or did two different female Summer Tanagers find the same feeder in northeast Minnnesota six months apart? Jim Lind Two Harbors
