Thanks to the coaching of Mike Hendrickson, yesterday we were successful in
seeing a flock of 15 Bohemian Waxwings across the street from 4143 West
Tischer Road (hiway 69)(near Howard Gnesen RD, Hiway 34)in north Duluth. .
Life bird for both of us. We were there at noon on Saturday the 16th.
I had a chance to get out in search of Snowy and Short-ea
Hey birders,
I had a chance to get out in search of Snowy and Short-eared Owls on Saturday
(no luck on either), but I did find a couple of good birds.
On 169th St. east of CR32 there is much grassland and there were several
pheasants in
Today from about 11:00 to 12:15 there was a female Long-tailed Duck along the
Mississippi River just north of St. Cloud. Initially it was about 350 yards NW
of the 9th Ave. bridge, but eventually it moved farther NW to the Sauk River
mouth. As far as I could tell, it was always in Stearns
Late this morning Chad Gustafson and I observed the following gulls at
Canal Park in Duluth:
-1 adult and 1 third-cycle Great Black-backed Gull
-1 adult and 1 first-cycle Glaucous Gull
-1 first-cycle Iceland Gull
-1 first-cycle gull that was either a dark Iceland or a light
Thayer's; this
In my previous post I should have said second-cycle Great Black-backed
Gull, not third-cycle.
Bob Dunlap
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A drive through Sax Zim this morning included the following sightings:
- Boreal chickadee, gray jay, and black-backed woodpecker all
still at Admiral Road feeding station this morning.
- Redpolls along Arkola Road between railroad tracks and
McDavitt Road.
- Two blackbilled magpies on
Refound a solitaire that was originally found on the Marshall CBC. The bird
was in the conifers at the Jacobson Marsh WMA, 7 miles south of Marshall on Cty
Rd 7.
Note that this is a very long walk on snowshoes to get to these conifers. It
took me over an hour to get there and it was only
It was a glorious late afternoon along the Mississippi River in South St Paul
today. The water was calm, the temperature was comfortable and the low
clear sunlight made even the mallards look exotic. I looked for the
long-tailed
duck that was here 3 weeks ago, but did not find it. I saw and
Guided a group of birders from Nebraska today and day 2 with Ted from Virginia.
Highlights:
Spruce Grouse: Female on the Whyte Rd about mile east of Stoney River Rd and a
male about a mile and half east of the Stoney River Rd. We saw another female
Spruce Grouse on the Stoney River Rd about a
Watching gulls in Duluth today, both at Canal Park and the Superior Entry, I
observed a total of 7 Great Black-backed Gulls (1 adult, 3 second-cycles and 3
first-cycles) and 5 Iceland Gulls (1 adult, 2 second-cycles and 2
first-cycles), both high counts for the state. Also present were 3 adult
Birded up in the bog for a few hours this PM.
No great grey owls seen on McDavitt today. I had a second hand report of a
great grey seen early this AM on Stone Lake Road. No sightings later in the day.
Nice looks at new and old hawk owls.
Probably new hawk owl just south of Stone Lake Road on
Birders,
Some highlights from the last couple days in northern Minnesota include:
GREAT GRAY OWL:
1 on Stoney River Rd, 5.8 miles north of Whyte Rd. 4:15 pm on 17 Jan.
We watched it hunting for at least 20 minutes. Great looks!
4 NORTHERN HAWK OWLS:
1 on McDavitt Rd, 2.5 miles north of Sax
. this time with K's of AMCR's for company. new location.
this is an informal and friendly group of bird folks friends. listers and
not. beer or not. birds or not (conversation might get off the feathered
warm-blooded fellow earthlings, but that is also O.K). You might match
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