As the family slept in, I went out this morning on my sixteen annual Christmas morning bog trek. As usual I drove the Sax Zim bog. The weather was cold but beautiful and the birding was excellant. I found 17 species:
Bald Eagle (4) Rough-legged Hawks (3) - all light morphs Turkey (1) this is the first for me in the bog Hawk Owl (1) near the lake on Stone Lake Road Downy WP Hairy WP Blue Jay Gray Jay (at least 7) Crow (plentiful) Ravens (more than crows) BC Chickadee Boreal Chickadee (2 or 3) First time I have seen these in more than one location. One was visiting the feeders on Admiral Road. The other(s?) were along Arkola. RB Nuthatch Starling Snow Bunting (along Hwy 7) Pine Grosbeak (4) White-winged Crossbill (1) along Arkola Tracks: deer (more than I may have ever seen there), Moose (on Admiral Rd passing the feeders), Martin, both grouse, many mini-rodants, fox, snow-shoe hare, but no wolf! I received a report of 3 Great Gray's and a Red-bellied Woodpecker north of Floodwood along Strebel (sp?) during the second week of deer hunting (November). Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
