Golden-crowned Kinglets were widely seen in small numbers during Christmas Bird Counts in northern Minnesota with reports in Baudette, Beltrami Island, Itasca State Park, Isabella, Bemidji,and Hibbing count circles according to incomplete reports.
Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Julie Grahn <[email protected]> wrote: > I am new to posting things here but I am going to give it a try. > While out skiing near Cook, MN I first heard and then later spotted a > Golden-crowned Kinglet. At first I thought the call was that of a Brown > Creeper and I searched the tree trunks in hopes of finding one. I have > never seen one here in the middle of the winter but it has been an unusual > winter. The only birds I spotted however, were Chickadees and > Nuthatches. The next day I returned to the area hoping to find the Brown > Creeper. When I got near the spot I heard that creeper like call again. > I noticed some movement in a near by Balsam and expected it to be one of > the Chickadees. Much to my surprise it was clearly not. Kinglet came to > mind but way up here in January? I listened to recordings of the kinglet > when I got home and was surprised how similar they are to the creeper. > Needless to say I visited the area again yesterday. This time I got a > better look and sure enough it was a Golden-crowned Kinglet. It did not > give me much time to look but it was quite close. It was with the group of > Chickadee and Nuthatches again. It gave me a quick look and continued it`s > searching in the balsam and spruce branches. I visited the spot again > today but did not find it. > > If one wanted to look for this bird it would require a ski or snowshoe > hike along the Rice River. There are some areas along the way where one > has to be careful. There is an active beaver hut and some rapids. If > anyone is interested feel free to contact me. > > Julie Grahn > > > > Sent from my iPad > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
