I led a guided trip to Sax-Zim Bog today, and had a total of 39 species. One of the most awe-inspiring sightings of the day was seeing the White-throated Sparrows moving through. I know that songbirds in general migrate long-distances by night, and will slowly meander-while-eating their way southward during the fall migration. Up until today, I had never seen "streams" of songbirds at eye-level (moving through the underbrush and hopping through the thickets during migration) all while continuing southward. These little sparrows were eating on-the-go! There were dispersed flocks of White-throated Sparrows along McDavitt Rd heading southward for over 20 minutes today. The White-throated Sparrows made up the bulk of the sparrow species observed heading south. It was a sight to see!! Several migrating raptors were noted as well.
Since eBird is down temporarily (for maintenance), I hand-typed my list below: Canada Goose 7 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Ruffed Grouse 1 Bald Eagle 10 (3 were migrants) Northern Harrier 1 (migrant) Broad-winged Hawk 1 (migrant) Red-tailed Hawk 1 (migrant) American Kestrel 9 Merlin 1 Rock Pigeon 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Gray Jay 5 Blue Jay 8 American Crow 3 Common Raven 5 Black-capped Chickadee 10 Brown Creeper 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 American Robin 4 European Starling 6 American Pipit 2 Cedar Waxwing 3 Nashville Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 35 Palm Warbler 5 Savannah Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 200+ White-crowned Sparrow 1 Lapland Longspur 2 Purple Finch 2 Pine Siskin 8 American Goldfinch 4 And some photos from today... Swamp Sparrow http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368685 Winter Wren http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368686 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368687 Lapland Longspur http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368683 American Kestrel http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368680 Butterfly http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368681 Caterpillar http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368688 Grasshopper http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368689 Hornet's Nest http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368682 This past weekend was Jaegerfest Weekend at Wisconsin Point (Superior, WI). It was nice so to catch up with many of my birding friends from Wisconsin! I only attended Friday morning (arriving at the point shortly after civil twilight), and all of the birders that morning as well as myself were treated to great looks at Parasitic Jaegers chasing gulls! Wisconsin Birders... scanning the horizon for pelagic birds and more! http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368913 Parasitic Jaeger, in pursuit of some food http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368901 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368903 Jaeger, overshooting the gulls! http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368904 Side-shots of the Parasitic Jaeger http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368906 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368908 Ring-billed Gulls (first photo is of the unfortunate gull with the balloon & string stuck on the bird) http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368910 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138368911 Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN -- *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Bird photography and guided birdwatching trips 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
