Sax-Zim CBC Results Fri. January 2nd, 2015
This was my (Sparky) 29th year compiling the count…and it was a good one! Thanks to all who participated in our annual Christmas Bird Count… Dave and Jonas Benson, Tony Hertzel and son, Frank Nicoletti, Kim Eckert, Bill Tefft, Susan (Bill and Susan walked 7 miles on a snowmobile trail!!), Chet Meyers, Keith, Heidi Pinkerton and Lori Williams. For those not familiar with CBCs, all birds are counted in a set 15-mile diameter circle. Our center is at the intersection of CR7 and CR52. HIGHLIGHTS included: 5 Great Gray Owls 1 Great Horned Owl (only our 5th recorded) 3 Northern Goshawk (all adults) 9 Sharp-tailed Grose (ALL at a FEEDER along CR29 south of Correction Line Rd on east side) 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 Boreal Chickadees 1 N Cardinal (NOT AT A FEEDER…in the woods on Nichols Lk Rd) 2 White-winged Crossbills (in spruce near Welcome Center) 3 Hoary Redpoll (NONE at feeders…2 along CR7 and 1 along Owl Ave) 39 Evening Grosbeaks (all at Morse's feeder on Blue Spruce Rd (Mary Lou's feeders on CR444 is not in the count circle) MAMMALS included Timber Wolf and Ermine (Loretta's feeders rib cages) RECORD & HIGH NUMBERS 495 Pine Siskins (This BLOWS AWAY the previous record of 141 in 2006) 494 Common Redpolls (including a "scissor-tailed redpoll" (see photo on Friends of Sax-Zim Bog Facebook page) 57 Purple Finches (HIGH…record 150 in 1996) LOW NUMBERS Only 10 Pine Grosbeaks! 5 Rough-legged Hawks BIG MISSES Snow Bunting (Let spa...@saxzim.org know if you saw any in the Bog during the day) N Hawk Owl (seen on 13 of 29 counts) Black-backed Woodpecker (seen during count week) 33 Species (28-yr average is 28, Record is 35 sp. in 2008) Low 4 degrees, High 12 degrees, calm, snow flurries and freezing drizzle, 4" snow on ground, all water frozen Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall MN 55797 218.341.3350 sparkystens...@hotmail.com www.ThePhotoNaturalist.com www.KollathStensaas.com www.SaxZim.org ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
