Hello Birders, Diane and I made the trip up to Sherburne NWR in hopes of finding Diana Doyle's find of yesterday (with Linda Sparling)
Her directions were excellent and we found the trail and the spot where yesterday's sighting took place with no trouble at all. I got pics of the bark scaled from one tree and the sign on the tree. It appears this is a very small spot for the bird to dine (scanning the area nearby this tree I saw no other evidence of activity) so my estimation is Diana and Linda have very good timing! I'm not sure it's worth re visiting this spot with high hopes of seeing this bird although you never know. And normally I've found that general area to be rather birdy but not today; It was VERY quiet. Silent, pretty much. In fact, we saw and heard no birds of any kind on the excursion or the trip on 253rd. Saw 3 pairs of RTHA along the Highways, plus a couple of singles and a couple of Bald Eagles near the river too. Saw one RTHA in a stoop - as we whizzed by it disappeared into the snow, developing a high level of momentum to break through the very crusty snow no doubt. -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside -- "Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises." - Samuel Butler "The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180) ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
