I was able to get out and do some birding while visiting home on the Iron Range this weekend. Here are the highlights.
Cook, MN: Julie Grahn gave me the tip that Johnson Road east of Cook is a great birding road. She wasn't kidding as I found the notable species she's been finding. Those included two Black-billed Magpies and a family of Boreal Chickadees. Other fun finds included Bobolinks, a Blackburnian Warbler on territory, a Lincoln's Sparrow, and numerous Nashville Warblers. Angora, MN: On Goodell Road there were numerous Bobolinks in the open country at the east end of the road. I also found a male Brewer's Blackbird feeding a fledgling. On East Goodell Road I was packing up my things at my parents' house this morning when a flock of 13 lifer Red Crossbills serendipitously landed in the spruce right next to me! They flew off after just a couple minutes. Lake County: I did not find the reported Surf Scoter in Agate Bay. I did find a Wild Turkey on Co. Rd. 2 just north of Bald Eagle Lane. This is about 10 miles north of Two Harbors. Good Up North Birding! Josh Wallestad www.aboywhocriedheron.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
