There were lots of birds, birders and photographers roaming Sax-Zim yesterday. We spent the day there checking out many of the areas that have reported sightings. The reports proved accurate.
The most abundant birds were common redpolls and black-capped chickadees with a boreal chickadee at the feeding station with the deer rib cages on the South Admiral Road. Northern Hawk Owls seen between 1 and 2 miles from the west end on the Nichols Lake Road. After traveling the road twice during the day, on the third pass at about 4:00 in the afternoon we saw two Great Gray Owls about 2 miles east of Hwy 7 on the Nichols Lake Road. A number of northern shrikes were seen including one chasing another. Ruffed grouse were seen feeding and roosting in trees in three places. A flock of snow buntings were seen on the open fields along Hwy 7 south of Byrne's Greenhouse. In addition, the bird feeders being operated for the public were appreciated and interesting. It was a beautiful day from sunrise, to sunset, to moonrise with birds of some type whether it was bald eagles, black-billed magpies, pine grosbeacks etc. to be seen. Bill Tefft Parks and Recreation Instructor Vermilion Community College 1900 E. Camp Street Ely, MN 55731 Office Phone: 218-235-2197 Fax: 218-365-7218 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
