I started my day-off today by relaxing along Park Point, taking a nice walk, and doing a little birdwatching. During the 1 1/2 hours I spent at Park Point, I observed 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks and 3 American Kestrels (one Shin decided to stoop on a Northern Flicker)!
Blue-winged Teal 1 Common Merganser 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 American Kestrel 3 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Sanderling 9 Least Sandpiper 1 Ring-billed Gull 15 Rock Pigeon 1 Northern Flicker 1 American Crow 2 Least Sandpiper, walking with a shadow... http://www.pbase.com/image/137806820 Sanderling and Least Sandpiper, walking together (and walking under me!) http://www.pbase.com/image/137806821 American Kestrel (adult male), being whipped over Lake Superior this morning http://www.pbase.com/image/137806819<http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/137806819> Broad-winged Hawk (at Hawk Ridge today) http://www.pbase.com/image/137805633 http://www.pbase.com/image/137805634 Merlin (Hawk Ridge today) http://www.pbase.com/image/137805635 I visited Hawk Ridge for a few hours today. They had over 2,100 raptors (total) today! I have never seen so many Sharp-shinned Hawks in my life :-) The hawk counters tallied 1,859 Sharp-shinned Hawks today! Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN -- *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Bird photography and birding tours 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
