Hello to all you birders out there,
This is Josh Watson reporting on recent sightings in Cook County. I've been out
and about the last few days enjoying the nice weather all those birds that
finally decided to visit this long lost part of the state. Around home the
warblers can finally be seen and heard consistantly which include: Redstart,
Yellow-rumped, Blackburnian, Mourning, Northern Parula, Black-and-White,
Nashville, Black-throated Green, Magnolia, Northern Waterthrush, and Ovenbird.
I also heard a Blue-headed Vireo on our land this morning however I have not
come across a Red-eyed up here quite yet. I did a little birding over along the
Trout lake Rd. up the Gunflint and CR-60 farms area and followed up on an
Olive-sided Flycatcher along CR-14 just north of the CR-60 junction. I had
Cliff, Barn, and Tree Swallows at the farms, Bittern, Red-winged Blackbird,
Common Yellowthroat, Sedge Wren, Am. Kestrel, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Evening
Grosbeak, White-crowned Sparrows, Savannah
Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincolns Sparrow, Eastern
Bluebird, Alder and Least Flycatcher, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Am. Pipit,
Wilsons Warbler and a few other common species but nothing too amazing as well
as most of the warbler species named above. I spoke with the land owner of the
first farm along CR-60 and found out he has been seeing Sandhill Cranes on his
fields regularly as well. Yesterday I had saw a lone Bobolink on Artists Point
along with Red-necked Grebes and Long-tailed Ducks out on Lake Superior.
Red-breasted Merganser, Bufflehead, and Goldeneye were all I saw inhabeting the
harbor but I saw a pair of Blue-winged Teal on a small pond behind the
treatment center in the Recreation Park/Municipal Camp Ground. I had about 30
Whimbrel on the lone Rock Island out from Cut Face Creek west of Grand Marais
and several Long-tailed Ducks there as well. I also noted about 30 to 40
Chimney Swifts flying about the Cook County
School earlier in the week. So far the birding is a little slow up this way
yet and the birds seem to be just getting here and kinda staggering there way
in a little at a time.
Good birding,
Josh Watson
Grand Marais/Cook County
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