Had to go to Hibbing today so I took two trips through the sax zim bog. At stone lake road where the stone lake rd. runs close to the lake, I observed approx. 300 RING NECKED ducks. Other ducks seen in the bog included BLUE WINGED TEAL, MALLARD, NORTHERN SHOVELER, BUFFLEHEAD, and HOODED MERGANSERS. I also observed three BROAD WINGED HAWKS, several KESTRELS, two NORTHERN HARRIERS, BALD EAGLE, TURKEY VULTURE, and one ROUGH LEGGED HAWK. Saw two GRAY JAYS on Admiral Road. Most interesting and unexpected (for me anyway), a mixed flock of 20-30 GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS on Admiral road at the now flooded sandpit halfway down Admiral road. Also took some decent photos of a red phase RUFFED GROUSE. Happy Birding, Shawn Zierman.
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