Today, Monday, March 31, 2008 there was a lone female Pine Grosbeak in the yard. Most of these birds had left by March 15th. Also saw one Pine Grosbeak last Friday along with a very probable Hoary Redpoll. (the Hoary Redpoll had only two streaks on his flanks - the rump and vent area were completely white - he had a wash of red on the breast - not as vivid as the Common Redpolls). They were mixed in with a flock of Common Redpolls. There are many Common Redpolls here now.
Briefly on Saturday morning a Robin showed up. And on Sunday I saw two Gulls - these birds along with the crows are the only migrants that have shown up so far. It is still very much winter up here - lakes and rivers are locked in ice. Also, last Thursday I observed a Red Crossbill on the road. He was very interested in a crack in the asphalt. I watched him with my binoculars for a little while - by the way he was tilting his head it looked like he was sharpening his beak on the ragged edge of the tar. Dee Kuder Crane Lake -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080331/816e305e/attachment.html
