Today Andrew Longtin and I birded Sax-Zim Bog and select locations throughout Duluth. We arrived at Sax-Zim Bog at sunrise, and here's what we saw (no owls, but fantastic sightings overall!!!)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (1) Rough-legged Hawk Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Shrike Gray Jay Blue Jay Black-billed Magpie American Crow Common Raven Boreal Chickadee (2) Black-capped Chickadee Red-Breasted Nuthatch European Starling Pine Grosbeak White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll (1) Evening Grosbeak Go to these links to see my pics from Sax-Zim Bog today (kudos to Andrew for letting me digiscope through his scope today) Boreal Chickadee http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/109882913 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/109882914 Gray Jay http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/109882916 After Sax-Zim, we stopped up at Enger Tower, to visit with Karl Bardon and hawk watch for a bit. We saw one Bald Eagle, as well as some Common Redpolls and American Crows that flew past our line of sight. Two Glaucous Gulls could be identified at the treatment plant from the hawk watching site, and all three species of Mergansers could be observed from the site as well (Hooded Merg, Common Merg, and Red-breasted Merg). If you've never been up to the enger tower hawk watch, I recommend stopping by at least once - the view is pretty cool (overlooking west central Duluth, in addition to Canal Park). We finished today's birding adventure by heading down to Canal Park, and gull/waterfowl-watching. We had a fantastic afternoon down at Canal Park, with observations including: American Black Duck Mallard Common Goldeneye BARROW'S GOLDENEYE (drake, still hanging around) Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Bald Eagle Ring-billed Gull (1) Herring Gull ICELAND GULL Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon American Crow Red-breasted Merganser http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/109883174 Barrow's Goldeneye http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/109883167 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/109883179 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/109883182 Iceland Gull (juvenile) http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/109883203 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/109883207 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/109883209 Glaucous Gull (adult) http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/109883194 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/109883188 Glaucous Gull (juvenile) http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/109883199 Good birding! Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN [email protected] www.pbase.com/birdfedr/naturallyavian ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
