Here are a few more photos throughout the past 2 weeks. The first two photos are my personal favorites while out in the field. Enjoy :-)
Northern Shrike, just taking off from a perch: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243316 Hoary Redpoll, posing: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243311 Black-billed Magpie, carrying the tools for the house, so to speak: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243302 Boreal Chickadee: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243304 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243325 Black-backed Woodpecker – female: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243289 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243287 Black-backed Woodpecker – male (note golden-yellow spot on head): http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243295 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243293 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243291 Common Redpoll with a big stretch: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243305 Gray Jay, taking off with full-spread wings: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243309 Another Gray Jay perched… http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243310 Red Squirrel with a big itch: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243322 Rough-legged Hawks “playing around” in the air: http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/133243320 I also forgot to mention that a few days ago while counting raptors just below Enger Tower, I observed two "juvenile" Glaucous Gulls and one "adult" Great Black-backed Gull sitting on the ice... distant birds, but still fun to pick them out! Good birdwatching, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN -- www.pbase.com/birdfedr www.naturallyavian.blogspot.com [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

