Jeff Stephenson, Bob Ekblad, Herb Dingmann, Jerry Pruett, Ron Erpelding, and I birded Itasca and Koochiching counties this weekend. We found the following notable species:
Itasca County Three-toed Woodpecker - 1/6, male; at the corner of CR 227 an Pincherry Rd north of Cohasset Black-backed Woodpecker - 1/6, female; on CR 19 about .5 miles east of 248 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1/6, E McCavity Lake Rd Brown Creeper - 1/6, E McCavity Lake Rd Common Loon - 1/6, Mississippi River below power plant in Cohasset Black-billed Magpie - 1/6, Priem Rd near Bigfork Snow Bunting - 1/6, hundreds at Priem Rd Gray Jay - 1/6, Alder Rd at Middle Creek Boreal Chickadee - 1/6, Alder Rd, .1 mile N of Middle Creek, 50 yds W on trail White-winged Crossbill - 1/6, male/female pair, Alder Rd, .1 mile N of Middle Creek Northern Cardinal - 1/6, Old Horseshoe Lake Rd in Grand Rapids Bohemian Waxwing - 1/8, 5 in Coleraine Hoary Redpoll - 1/8, Scenic SP Evening Grosbeak - 1/6 & 1/8, Effie Cafe Ruffed Grouse - 1/6 & 1/8, several locations including Alder Rd & Scenic SP Rough-legged Hawk - 1/6 & 1/8, light & dark morphs, several locations Northern Shrike - 1/6 & 1/8, several locations Common Redpoll, Pine Grosbeak, & Pine Siskin - several locations each Koochiching County Three-toed Woodpecker - 1/8, male, on Ben Lynn Rd in red pines about 3/4 mile west of 13 Black-backed Woodpecker - 1/7, male, CR 13 S of both "double-90" jogs in spruce/aspen stand Black-billed Magpie - 1/7 & 1/8, Big Falls, CR 13, & CR 11 Ruffed Grouse - 1/7 & 1/8, Toumey-Williams Rd & Hwy 6 Rough-legged Hawk - 1/7 & 1/8, light & dark morphs, several locations Gray Jay - 1/6, 1/7 & 1/8, several locations Northern Shrike - 1/7, Toumey Williams & Hwy 71 Boreal Chickadee - 1/7, 6 on CR 13 near northernmost "double-90" jog Brown Creeper - 1/8, Big Falls campground Bohemian Waxwing - 1/7, flock of 50+, International Falls White-winged Crossbill - 1/7, CR 13 Hoary Redpoll - 1/7, Hwy 71 between Littlefork & CR 11 Evening Grosbeak - 1/7 & 1/8, many in Big Falls & International Falls plus CR 13 flyovers Pine Grosbeak, Common Redpoll, & Pine Siskin - several locations each Waterfowl are scarce - the only significant open water occurred on the Mississippi River (Mallards & C Goldeneyes) and the Rainy River (C Goldeneyes). Shawn Conrad Bovey _________________________________________________________________ Dave vs. Carl: The Insignificant Championship Series. Who will win? http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://davevscarl.spaces.live.com/?icid=T001MSN38C07001