Well I'd seen enough reports from the hawk ridge folks to know that there have been quite a few black backed woodpeckers coming through, so I knew it was time to go check hedbom bog (Floodwood MN), besides Dakota County!!!!! I figured a few might show up there. No sooner had I arrived at Hedbom Bog when I spotted two male blackbacked woodpeckers chasing one another around. There were also several white winged crossbills flying around to and fro, as well as many pine siskins, and MANY american tree sparrows. All in all I found at least six black backed woodpeckers and one female american three toed woodpecker in the space of four hours. There were also a few gray jays about. Also had three evening grosbeaks fly over. Saw ten bald eagles all told from duluth to floodwood and back again. Saw several snow buntings. All in all, a really fun day! I put a picture of a female black backed woodpecker up in the showcase section from the bog today in the showcase section of MOU. If you have the time, put on some waterproof footwear and get out to the Bog to watch the woodpeckers, they did alot of interacting today with one another and with the few hairy woodpeckers out there, it's alot of fun to watch. Enjoy the fall! Shawn Zierman. **************Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20081029/336b9b5f/attachment.html
