I left Duluth an hour before sunrise yesterday morning to explore some areas north of Two Harbors. Three Evening Grosbeaks and 4 Pine Grosbeaks made up the "highlight" species of the morning, and other beautiful & braving-the-cold sightings consisted of 9 Downy Woodpeckers, 15 Common Ravens, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 15 Black-capped Chickadees and 7 American Goldfinches.
The morning was considerably quiet, likely due to the bitter cold. The relative warm front just started to break through the mid-day hours; prior to about 11:00am, the temps were between -15F and -22F. Bird sightings mentioned were observed while driving, and over the course of about two miles of accumulated hiking. The bulk of the birding was done between the Hwy 2 / Hwy 1 intersection, and various trails off of the road leading to Babbitt. On the drive back to Duluth, I stopped in two Harbors, and saw 5 Common Goldeneyes in Burlington Bay (the bay on the northeast side of Two Harbors). Too much snow was falling at the time to scan Agate Bay. 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
