Yesterday was a glorious day as far temperatures were concerned. Not so sure I liked all the melting. David Lambeth joined me to do a little birding in St. Louis and Lake counties. What great places to spend some time. Wonderful birds and people. Sax-Zim area 2/16 Gray Jay 12 Boreal Chickadee 2 lifer Great Gray Owl 1 lifer Bohemian Waxwing ~200 in Meadowlands Ruffed Grouse 4 (all singles) Black-billed Magpie 2 (separate locations) Common Redpolls (good numbers in several locations) and the other usual suspects. Hwy 2 north of FR11 (2/17) Spruce Grouse m. 1 lifer--north of Sand River about 2 miles (running down the road and blending in pretty well with the blacktop)
Ely 2/17 Bohemian Waxwing (400-500) Pillow Rocks Varied Thrush NOT (though we did not stay long) Winton 2/17 very birdy little town Evening Grosbeak 50+ lifer Canal Park 2/17 Too foggy to see much--we will return around 4:00PM in hopes that it lifts and Iceland revealed. Herring Gull Glaucous 2 imm Common Goldeneye 7 God Bless, Paul Roisen Sioux City, IA Woodbury County 712-276-0371(H) 712-301-2817(C) ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
