SAX-ZIM CBC results: Tuesday Dec. 17, 2019 Our 34th annual CBC eeked out a slightly above average 31 species.
Highlights included 4 Great Gray Owls (3 on Owl Ave, 1 on Arkola), 24 Evening Grosbeaks at Sisu feeders on McDavitt, 19 Bald Eagles (only two short of our all-time record ), 3 Black-backed Woodpeckers, 2 Brown Creepers, 2 Juncos, 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet and a RECORD 13 Northern Shrikes. Sadly we missed Pine Grosbeak, our first time in 34 years! All winter finches were in low numbers, but we did find 2 White-winged Crossbills, 9 Common Redpolls, 4 Pine Siskins, 3 Purple Finches, and 1 American Goldfinch. Other misses included Boreal Chickadee and Sharp-tailed Grouse. We had every bit of weather starting with calm cloudy and snowing and 11° in the morning (our highest temp of the day) and ending with 4° sunny and a very cold west wind creating below zero windchills. Thanks to all our hardy participants! Bill Tefft, Susan Meisner, Eileen Schantz-Hanson, Gene & Julie Ollila, Mark Johnson, Sparky Stensaas, Eric Gdula, Tony Hertzel, Tommy Hertzel, Lars Benson, Pam Benson, and Dave Steininger. 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
