The Arctic grip continues in the Northland at the edge of the Prairie. It has been a challenge to keep my 14 feeders filled with some days this past week having nasty winds bringing dangerous 45 below wind-chills. That small birds survive these extended weather events is truly amazing. I noticed an interesting change in feeding behavior this week. With the colder temperatures and brisk wind the finches have abandoned the hanging tube feeders, elevated platforms and hanging mesh feeders. Almost all are feeding directly on the ground trying to stay out of the wind.
This week- Red-bellied Woodpecker! - one female on 1/25 Northern Shrike - seen on several days hunting the wood edges and feeding stations Pine Grosbeaks - up to 14 at once Goldfinch - 70+ Redpoll - 60+ Bluejay - 5-11, numbers down slightly Chickadee, RB & WB Nuthatch - lots & lots H & D Woodpecker A. Crow and Raven daily, one Black-billed Magpie occasional-last seen 1/27 Kelly Larson Bagley/Bemidji Minnesota Eschew Obfuscation! The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080131/c651e607/attachment.html
