This morning I visited Sax-Zim Bog with some friends. We had an incredible time, with wonderful weather and exciting birds.
One gorgeous GREAT GRAY OWL was seen, tucked in a black spruce thicket, and a NORTHERN HAWK OWL flew by too! We had several Gray Jays, Black-billed Magpies, hundreds of Common Redpolls (at least 400), dozens of Pine Grosbeaks and White-winged Crossbills, eight Rough-legged Hawks, several Bald Eagles of various ages, and the good ol' American Crows and Common Ravens. An extra-special treat was seeing a perched dark morph Rough-legged Hawk on our way back to Duluth earlier this afternoon. Below are some pictures from this morning. Enjoy! Funny picture of a Red Squirrel hanging upside down http://www.pbase.com/image/140231200 I call them Arctic Fluffballs (Rough-legged Hawk) http://www.pbase.com/image/140231192 http://www.pbase.com/image/140231194 Gray Jay http://www.pbase.com/image/140231198 Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN -- *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Guided Birdwatching Trips and Bird photography 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
