The e-mail below was on our local net yesterday. Ann Russ teaches at Sawtooth Elementary in Grand Marais - I think her class is very fortunate to have her as teacher.
Two more sparrows turned up with the hopping brown gang in my yard this afternoon - a Clay-colored and a Savannah. Carol Tveekrem, Schroeder ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann&Wayne Russ" <r...@boreal.org> To: <bird...@boreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:22 PM Subject: more warblers | My fifth grade class and I hiked on the Superior Hiking Trail today from | the Caribou Trail to Jonvick Creek. We started the morning looking at a | loon on a nest. Although the woods were very quiet to start, we later had a | nice warbler wave, and more birds throughout the day. The kids heard or saw: | | ovenbird | black-throated green | black and white | yellow rumped | possible parula | white throated sparrow | song sparrow | swamp sparrow | ruffed grouse | wood peewee | chickadee | redbreasted nuthatch | raven | and an unidentified hawk flying through the fog who obviously had his | talons full of something good to eat | | I think this puts our class list for the year at over 100 now...and we | still the rest of May and into June! | | Ann Russ | |