Yesterday I guided a birder around Sax-Zim Bog. The morning & mid-day snow made for an incredibly beautiful time. Our day started out with the raspy-yet-beautiful call of Evening Grosbeaks, flocks bouncy Black-capped Chickadees and a few Red-breasted Nuthatches. As the day progressed, we had a total of 3 Black-billed Magpies, one gorgeous Boreal Chickadee, one Downy and one Hairy Woodpecker, two Arctic Fluffballs (Rough-legged Hawks), and at least 1,200 Common Redpolls!
Below are my favorite shots from yesterday. Enjoy! Gray Jay http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610627 Black-capped Chickadee http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610615 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610620 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610618 Boreal Chickadee http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610625 Red-breasted Nuthatch http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610629 Very distant Black-billed Magpie http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610613 White-winged Crossbills http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610639 The Two Harbors Christmas bird count was an absolute blast! Below are my favorite shots from Dec 18th (the Two Harbors CBC). Enjoy! Common Redpolls http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610113 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610112 **note the orange-crowned Common Redpoll in the picture above. Is this equivalent to an orange-variant House Finch? Here is a photo I took my freshman year at Northland College, of an orange-crowned Common Redpoll. http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/85379339 White-winged Crossbills, first two photos are of a male and female in flight, for comparison http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610134 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610131 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610133 Hairy Woodpecker http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610117 Arctic Fluffball (Rough-legged Hawk) http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610120 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610122 Three-toed Woodpecker! http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/140610129 Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN -- *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Guided Birdwatching Trips and Bird photography www.pbase.com/birdfedr www.naturallyavian.blogspot.com birdf...@gmail.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
