The weather today was awesome for being out birding within the Lake Superior limits... big flakes were falling all day long. Sax-Zim Bog had at least 4" of snow, with some 5-6" deep drifts.
While leading a birding trip today in Sax-Zim Bog, we found three HOARY REDPOLLS. All of the Hoary Redpolls were observed along the road sides, not at any bird feeders. The Friends of Sax-Zim Bog birdfeeders (on Owl Avenue) were filled with many Common Redpolls, Pine Grosbeaks, a Brown Creeper, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and Black-capped Chickadees. One of the most surprising birds observed today was a female WOOD DUCK in the little creek connected to Stone Lake! Pics and eBird list below. Hoary Redpoll www.pbase.com/image/147507422 Female Wood Duck www.pbase.com/image/147507426 The eBird list from my birding trip is below. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S12139899 Earlier this afternoon I had Pine Grosbeaks, White-winged Crossbills and Common Redpolls flying over my house in Duluth. Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN -- *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Birding Tours and Bird Photography [email protected] (e-mail) www.naturallyavian.com (birding tours) www.pbase.com/birdfedr (photos) www.facebook.com/NaturallyAvian (facebook) ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
