We have had a lone Rusty blackbird ground feeding beneath one of our birdfeeders the last two days. I had not seen this bird before and was lucky to have several photo opportunities today. To help me identify it I checked with the chamber & one of the photos was sent to local birders and I was grateful someone was able to identify it.
I have been feeding a huge flock of pine grosbeak & redpolls the last few weeks and the rusty blackbird was feeding among them. By adding new platform feeders the pine grosbeak flock has increased threefold and it seems the redpoll flock could be nearing 100. We are located on the northern edge of the Tamarac Wildlife Refuge about 23 miles from Itasca State Park. We have deciduous and conifer mix forest. Our resort is located on a lake. We have some natural springs so birds can easily get water in the winter. These springs are very close to where we have the feeders. Linda Schumann Rainbow Resort 36571 Co Hwy 35 Waubun, MN 56580 [email protected] 218-734-2241 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
