Cattle Egret still present at 3:15 PM in driveway of fire call 5339 just west of French River. Peder Svingen
Rare Bird Alert <[email protected]> wrote: >Spent the morning birding from Duluth to Two Harbors. Counted at least 300+ >snow buntings between the two cities. That is a conservative estimate. One >flock had close to that many birds in it, plus several smaller flocks of 10 to >15 birds. >Also encountered two gray jays right outside of Two Harbors heading back to >Duluth. On scenic hwy 61 in between the French River and the Mcquade small >craft landing area, I encountered a cattle egret. The first time I drove by, >I thought it >was a lawn ornament. It was exciting to finally get a north shore cattle >egret as I have missed out on previous ones. It was also slightly melancholy, >as it was clear this bird is not sure where it is, though it ambles along the >ditches on the >residential side of 61, snatching at who knows what....earthworms? It wanders >around the different yards, walking up a driveway or two as if it belonged. >I'll post an image of the bird in the showcase section later tonight. I >believe that the area >I'm describing still falls within St. Louis County...? There was also a lone >bohemian waxwing in a mountain ashberry tree right next to the french river. >I would not be surprised if the egret stuck around for a day or two. >Regards, >Shawn Zierman. > > > > >---- >Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >
