My wife and I birded around Cook County the past few days
between showers and on mostly wet, slippery trails. We were
not complaining, however, as the area had below average
snowfall last winter, lake levels are still low, and the
rain was most
welcome. The highlight was in the Bearskin Lake area,
thanks to the excellent guiding by Kate Kelnberger.
Saturday:
Birds seen:
At the Caribou Overlook by West Bearskin
Black-throated Blue Warbler (several heard and one seen
briefly by my wife).
Canada Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Bald Eagle
Song, Chipping Sparrows
Red-eyed Vireo
American Redstart
Least Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
West Bearskin/Hungry Jack lake:
Northern Parula
Black-and-White Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Other items of interest:
Possible Pileated WP nest, a very large hole in a Norway
Pine.
A moose along the Gunflint (again spotted by my wife).
Red squirrel licking Sapsucker drillings.
Semi-tame crow, dubbed "Big Bird", visiting my friend's
feeders and "begging"
from the deck.
Birds heard:
At the Caribou Overlook:
Swainson's Thrush
possible Hermit Thrush
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Ovenbird
Black-throated Green Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Pileated Woodpecker
Winter Wren
Friday:
Veerys - at the beaver pond and trail north of
Kah-ne-Tah
Sunday:
Lutsen Mountains ski area and Caribou
Highlands
sewage treatment ponds:
Savannah, Song, Chipping sparrows
Spotted Sandpiper
Mallard with duckings.
Ovenbirds
Black-throated Green Warblers
Indigo Bunting
the rest of the usual suspects.
Lake Superior pretty quiet except for 4 female Goldeneyes,
one Loon, Herring Gulls, and Common Mergansers
Sunday (at dusk):
One Am. Woodcock in Tofte, along the road in the old airport
residential area.
Sid and Gail Stivland
Plymouth
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