Hey everyone,
I'm up in Meadowlands, MN this weekend to guide field trips for the Sax-Zim Bog Winter Birding Festival. I drove up on Tues and spent all day yesterday puttering around in Lake County and headed up to Ely. I have two words: dead silent. I think I could count on one hand the number of birds I saw. Besides Ravens, I saw one Pileated Woodpecker in Lake County. Ely was similarly quiet. The Mountain Ash were loaded to the breaking point with berries, but no Waxwings or Solitaire. I stopped over at the Blue Heron B&B where I found a flock of Evening Grosbeaks. Not much else of note though. I spent a few hours puttering around Ely, exploring the snow sculptures and the Wolf Center. Then I headed south along Hwy 21 to Embarrass where I picked up a couple Pine Grosbeaks, then headed down to Virginia, crossed the Laurentian Divide and headed south to Sax-Zim. Sax-Zim Bog: Gray Jay along Hwy 7 north of Zim Rd two Ruffed Grouse along 7 just south of Zim Rd. Hawk-Owl along Owl Ave in the usual spot, and one of the two Gray Foxes at the Welcome Center came in right on time. The N Saw-whet Owl was in his usual location at the farmhouse along McDavitt. If you'll be at the festival this weekend, see you there! -- Happy Birding! --Chris W, Madison, WI Tour Leader Swallowtail Birding Tours https://www.facebook.com/Swallowtailbirdingtours?ref=hl http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto Interpretive Naturalist Mississippi Explorer Cruises http://mississippiexplorer.com/ ch...@mississippiexplorer.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
