I went up to the Bog today with two friends. We stopped at the Welcome center and were very welcomed indeed. The building is mostly insulated now and was quite warm on a very cold day. We did not see any Great Grays or black backed woodpeckers but we looked in the areas where they have been seen. We also did not see any pine or evening grosbeaks but I understand there were some seen across from a bar in the meadowlands but we went there later in the day and did not see any. One of the places that we went were to some private feeders on CR 444 north of zim road and while we mostly saw chickadees and Blue jays and gold finches I am happy to report that I saw a single black billed magpie. The first I’ve seen in years. I even got a photo of it. Here is the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronsthoughts/ we also saw a single gray jay south of the meadowlands on CR 47. We saw a bunch of goats someone is keeping down there. We saw a nice northern hawk owl on Owl Ave. Boreal Chicadees at the Admiral ave feeder a fair amount of Ravens and deer. No moose though we met a woman who saw one up there the other day. Not a great day but not too bad for us on a very frigid day. Ron Taube Coon Rapids ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
