While searching at night for a Whip-poor-will in Lake of the Woods, Bob
Janssen and I came across a Wolverine! (This is a birding group and I
hesitate to post a mammal, but this mammal is extremely rare in Minnesota.)
We made a GPS mark at the location (48 42.131, -95 20.566). This is on "Dick's
Parkway" 13 mi South of Warroad, MN.
County Birds for Bob Janssen
Lark Sparrow Hubbard 2012-07-12 0.3 mi West of CR-18 & CR-7
Eastern Whip-poor-will Lake of the Woods 2012-07-12 Dick's Parkway
Barred Owl Lake of the Woods 2012-07-12 Dick's
Parkway
Grasshopper Sparrow Lake of the Woods 2012-07-12 48.7532,-94.9584
Dickcissel Hubbard 2012-07-12 46.95420,-94.98454
Dickcissel Roseau 2012-07-13 48.88308,-95.72471
Dickcissel Marshall 2012-07-13 48.18098,-96.64967
Eurasian Collared-Dove Polk 2012-07-13 Euclid
Eurasian Collared-Dove Norman 2012-07-13 Twin Valley
I'm going to check how long it has been since Janssen has seen 9 county
birds in 2 days. My guess is that it has been 20 years since that happened.
Thanks to all who have posted locations for the above birds. All of the
Dickcissels were "stake-outs". We missed the Lake of the Woods Dickcissel
as well as the Roseau Dickcissel, but found the Roseau Dickcissel reported
by Barb and Dennie Martin.
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David Cahlander [email protected] Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910
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Wolverine Notes:
While driving South of Warroad, MN on 12-Jul 2012, on a dirt road, to look
for Whip-poor-will, we came across what looked like a small Black Bear on
the side of the road. We had passed it going about 30 mph. Bob said "did
you see the skunk on the side of the road". I said "I saw a black animal
but did not think it was a skunk". We turned around and approached the
animal. Looking at it with binoculars, we could tell it had no stripe on
the back and was too large to be a skunk. The outstanding feature was the
white hair on the rump of the animal as it wandered away from us down the
road. Bob said "I think it is a Wolverine!" I'd never seen one before, but
after looking at images of a wolverine on the web, I'm sure it was a
wolverine. We made a GPS mark at the location (48 42.131, -95 20.566).
This is on "Dick's Parkway" 13 mi South of Warroad, MN
It had shinny eyes when it turned to look at us. Very large feet. Muzzle
that was sort of a straight line from the top of the head to its mouth. It
sort of wobbled left and right as it walked down the road away from us. We
saw it for maybe 2-5 minutes before it went off the road to the West. We
were so fascinated that I forgot to photograph the animal.
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