Hello:
This year the?Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival will be held on February 13-15th
2008 in Meadowlands, Minnesota.?
Sax-Zim Bog?during the winter season?attracts a lot of birders?from all over
U.S.. who come to view some winter specialties like Sharp-tailed Grouse, Ruffed
Grouse, Snowy Ow
This is a message from Jan Green
Driving the roads at Toivola-Meadowlands and Saz-Zim from 10:00 am to
2:30 pm October 31st
Ruffed Grouse 2
Bald Eagle 6
Northern Harrier 1
Northern Goshawk 1 (captured a Snow Bunting right in front of us)
Rough-legged Hawk 9 (most in th
Just got back from guiding a birder from Massachuttes.
Highlights:
-Boreal Chickadees along the Arkola Rd
-Red Crossbill a single bird on McDavitt Rd.
-Golden-winged Warbler on McDavitt Rd.? just as you leave the bog habitat going
north on McDavitt Rd there is a opening of mix alders and dead aspe
Hello:
Out with a couple from Hawaii and we spent 5 hours ( 6am to 11am ) in the bog.
Highlights:
-?Black-backed Woodpecker (nest) on McDavitt Rd. -?Connecticut Warblers along
McDavitt Rd & Admiral Rds
-?Yellow-bellied Flycatcher along Arkola Rd.
- Alder Flycatchers
- Gray Jays
- Black-billed Magp
Monday May 19, 2008
Sax-Zim
Out with four great folks from Texas and Ohio on a COLD May day.
Black-backed Woodpecker male: McDavitt Rd 2.1-2.3 miles north of Sax Rd.
Boreal Chickadees (2): same place as woodpecker above.
Rough-legged Hawk (late): along CR 7 north of 52
Sandhill Cranes, Upland
Nothing like the Sax-Zim bog to bring people together! Standing on the
Arkola Road with black spruce bog on either side and no other folks
within miles were several birders visiting. They included Sparky and his
group of four Texans, another car with a person from Sweden accompanied
by someone
Spent yesterday(5/11/08) in Hibbing, so of course I had to make another two
trips through the sax zim bog coming to and from Duluth. In the morning the
scene was almost depressing. A thin covering of snow on the ground, cold
windy air, and grey skies. A rough legged hawk let me walk right
Had to go to Hibbing today so I took two trips through the sax zim bog. At
stone lake road where the stone lake rd. runs close to the lake, I observed
approx. 300 RING NECKED ducks. Other ducks seen in the bog included BLUE
WINGED TEAL, MALLARD, NORTHERN SHOVELER, BUFFLEHEAD, and HOODED ME
Took a ride on 4-13-08, there were numerous wood duck pairs, hooded Merganser
pairs, a couple golden eyes, mallards and Canadian geese in the ditches along
Hwy. 7 and Stone Lake Rd. A hawk owl was spotted by the sod farm and a long
eared owl was on Stone Lake Rd. The flock of Sharptails that fr
4/2/08, SaxZim Bog. 9am-2pm.
12 Hawks (roughlegged and redtailed), observed one beautiful dark morph
roughlegged hover hunting near Sax Rd.
3 Northern Shrikes (Mcdavitt, Stonelake, and Admiral Rd.)
3 Gray Jays (Admiral Rd.)
1 Boreal Chickadee (Admiral Rd.) First time ever hearing one sing,
Went to the sax zim bog yesterday and was happy to find the following:
2 Rough legged hawks on Sax Road.
1 northern shrike on Sax Road.
2 gray jays, one on Mcdavitt, and one on admiral road.
20 snow buntings on Hwy 7.
small flock of pine siskins on Admiral road.
Many black capped chickadees on Adm
All?
Please excuse me if this is the wrong place to post this query.
Am visitng NE Minn until the end of the week.? Duluth Tues, Sax Zim Weds and
Thurs
.
Looking for suggestions so I don't wander from hotspots.? Owls, crossbills, bb
woodpeckers, boreal chickadees on top of the list.? Also, gull
interesting
place, but I wouldn't want to have to get out of my car.
Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN
sweston2 at comcast.net
- Original Message -
From: Jason Mandich
To: mou-net at moumn.org
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 3:09 PM
Subject: [mou] Sax/zim dogs
I had
I had a run in with this lovely group of dogs earlier this winter. Despite
what this women says, even if they were dumped 2 years ago, they are her dogs
now because she has been caring for them for the past 2 years. In Minnesota if
you keep an animal for more then 5 days it belongs to you. You
te: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 19:00:18 -0600
> To: mnbird at lists.mnbird.net
> CC: mou-net at moumn.org
> Subject: [mou] Sax Zim Dogs
>
>
> Amber Burnette and I went up for the day to Sax Zim Bog and had an
> unnerving dog encounter. We went up Blue Spruce Rd and followed it past the
&g
real and should be avoided at all costs.
Good birding to all,
Jason Caddy
From: birdchick at gmail.comDate: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 19:00:18 -0600To: mnbird at
lists.mnbird.netCC: mou-...@moumn.orgsubject: [mou] Sax Zim Dogs
Amber Burnette and I went up for the day to Sax Zim Bog and had an unne
Amber Burnette and I went up for the day to Sax Zim Bog and had an
unnerving dog encounter. We went up Blue Spruce Rd and followed it
past the Morse feeders to where it turns into Poplar and then Aspen
and then Birch and goes back out onto 133. When we got to the end of
Aspen we could see
Out this weekend with a fun group of guys from Texas and Iowa. Here were some
of the highlights:
Carlton County
Sunday 1/27/08
Two flocks of RED CROSSBILLS at U of MN Cloquet Forestry Center (one along CR5
and one at visitor parking area)
Note: Red Crossbills are very regular here all winter b
Spent the day in the bog yesterday, started out at -8 and raised slowly
to +35 before we left. Highlights were the Northern Hawk Owl in the
normal spot on 7, north of the sod farms, and 3 Black-backed
Woodpeckers, two on Admiral Road and one on McDavitt. We found Boreal
Chickadees at four locations
On Friday morning we refound the Northern Hawk Owl on the east side of CR 7
0.5 mile south of the Stone Lake Rd. We also found a Northern Shrike on the
north side of CR 133 just east of the Blue Spruce Rd.
We continue to have a large flock of Pine and Evening Grosbeaks coming to
our feeders al
First I'd like to thank those Minnesota birders who responded to my request
for information on the Duluth, Sax-Zim area. We birded the area for two and
a half days and had a relatively productive time. Not quite what I was
hoping for given that reports had been good from the bog, up until about t
Birded today with 4 people from Missouri and 7 people from Wausau, WI.
Temperature at Nichols Lake Rd at 7:40am was -28 degrees air temperature not
including wind chill. The temps rose to 1 degree at 3:30pm at the Wisconsin
landfill.
Highlights:
-American Three-toed Woodpeckers: 1. Male .4 mile
Hello:
The February 15th - 17th Sax Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival has 120 birders
registered! We have birders coming from 20 plus states.
I remember during the owl 2004-2005 season Randy Frederickson put together a
form to see how much money out of state birders and local birders spent to see
t
While in northeast Minnesota this weekend, my girlfriend and I were able to
make several attempts at finding owls in the Sax-Zim Bog. However, we were
unable to find the McDavitt Rd. and Nicholsen Lake Rd. Great Grays, or the
Admiral/Cranberry Rd. Northern Hawk-Owl, despite dawn and dusk visits
I birded the Sax-Zim area today and found it somewhat slow away from the
feeders. The highlight was a Great Grey Owl found at 2 PM along McDavitt Rd,
3.2 miles north of CR 28. I struck out on the Nichols Lake Rd Great Greys, the
Hawk Owl, and the woodpeckers despite making several forays into
Jim Shy reported seeing 3 Great Gray Owls along the Lake Nichols Road
on Sunday evening (6-Jan). Two were together in the same tree 0.5
mile east of CR 7, and another was about 2 miles east of CR 7 near
the lake.
Jim also talked to two groups of birders that each saw a Northern
Hawk Owl at ab
I spent Saturday afternoon birding around Sax Zim today. Here?s what
I found (and some of what I didn?t), more or less in order.
12:00 ? 12:30 pm ? Co Rd. 133. Shrike flying, presumably Northern.
12:30 ? 1:00 pm ? Spruce Road, first mile or so: Black-capped
Chickadee, Gray Jay, Pileated Wo
My wife and I are visiting birders from Silver Spring, MD. In 2 days driving
around Sax-Zim on Dec 27-28, and surrounding areas, we saw all the usual
suspects, with a few species of note. Of the expected species, I found that
Northern Shrike was more abundant than in years past, and I also saw
OOPS here is the website for Sax Zim Bog & Winter Bird Festival:
http://moumn.org/sax-zim/
Mike Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/
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Hello
Tony Hertzel who manages the Sax Zim Bog website has posted a map of recent
bird sightings in the Sax Zim Bog website. Each bird has a photograph. Click on
the photograph to get the location. Under information click on "Recent Bird
Sightings" This page will be updated as reports come in
Sax-Zim Christmas Bird Count
Monday Dec. 17, 2007
28 species
Highlights:
1Northern Goshawk adult (Kelsey Whiteface Rd nr. farm with turkeys and
chickens)
1Northern Hawk Owl (1/2 mile west of CR7 on Sax Rd. (CR28)) (see Shawn's
photo on MOU Recently Seen)
3Black-backed Woodpeckers
Hello:
Got several emails from folks saying the Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival link
does not work and I think I fixed the problem and tested it myself and it looks
like it works now. I apologize.
Here is the link: http://moumn.org/sax-zim/
The festival so far has birders from 9 states partici
As you all know there will be a winter bird festival this coming February
15th-17th in Meadowlands, Minnesota or what birders call "Sax-Zim Bog".
Here is the website for the festival: http://moumn.org/sax-zim/
The on-line registration is now ready for use!! So if you would like to
During the major owl irruption of 2004-2005 Sax-Zim Bog was ground zero to
witness Great Gray Owls and Northern Hawk Owls. Literally hundreds of birders
& photographers traveled long distances to witness these owls and in doing so
there were some issues with park cars in the middle of roads, bi
Linda Sparling called to report a classic male Hoary Redpoll in Sax-
Zim along the Arkola Road (CR 52), about 0.2 mile east of Owl Avenue
(CR 203) this morning. There were also two Boreal Chickadees at the
same location.
Linda also found a flock of 30 Bohemian Waxwings north of Duluth
along th
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Hello everyone!
We just got back from a three day trip up to Sax Zim and surrounding
areas. Lots of great birds. We we
Hi All,Guided some nice folks from Pittsburgh the last few days and here
are our highlights:AM THREE-TOED WOODPECKER-The irruption
continues...Male along Nichols Lake Road between Hwy 53 and Nichols
Lake. (Look for the heavily worked Tamaracks).BLACK-BACKED
WOODPECKER-2.6 miles North of Cranbe
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I was driving thru Sax Zim Bog last Saturday on my way home and I =
noticed two signs along county road 133.
ut/index.html.
The DNR will hold a public informational meeting at the Robert J. Elkington
Middle School in Grand Rapids on Feb. 21, at 7 p.m.
Written comments on the draft environmental impact statement must be
received by 4:30 p.m. on March 7. Comments and inquiries should be directed
to: Bill Johnson,
I wish I took some photos of the recent logging events going on in Sax Zim
Bog. For those that have a love for this place the photos would of mad you
very sad or very angry.
I am not making this up or blowing this out of wack but hear is a honest
account of what is going in this bog. Those wh
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I have 8 eagle/hawk pictures from Sunday taken at the Sax-Zim bog by Bob
Messersmith. I have made a webpage for them (I'm a hack, bear with me.)
http://www.bolioshot.com/pages/6/index.htm
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Notable sightings from Jason Bolish & Bob Messersmith's trip to the =
Sax-Zim Bog on 2/12/05:
Northern Hawk o
Went through the bog on Friday. Saw Linda Sparling's Snowy Owl NE of
Meadowlands. It was west of St. Louis 29 just south of SL 740 (Dart Road)
sitting
on one of the large fenceposts in the light snowfall. It was large, full white
face, white bib and fine dark barring on the rest. Checked ag
Hi,
We headed North today and had a couple of highlights:
In Duluth at Shore Drive and 23 Ave. E. in the Lake we saw a pair of
White-winged Scoters (also a pair of Red-breasted Mergansers and a pair of
Greater (?) Scaups.
On McDavitt road we refound the Black-backed Woodpeckers we also saw a si
Chet Meyers writes:
Miriam and I spent two days in the bog and in and around Duluth and Hoyt Lakes.
Birding was generally slow, but the long-tailed duck was in the shipping canal
this morning (you need to sort through a few hundred common goldeneyes) and the
hawk owl was seen (Feb. 2) along Stoney
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My son, Drew, and I birded Sax Zim bog Sunday, 1/22, and Monday, 1/23.
Sunday: Two northern hawk owls 0.7 mi. E of CR 7 on Stone Lake Rd, S side.
Two rough-legged hawks on Sax Rd.
Monday: Three
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I went out today in the Bog with a group of birders, mostly from a =
birding club in Wausau, WI. The morning
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Mike
The loggers have to freeze the road down before they can move in. One
rule of thumb (a fairly accurate one) is that y
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Was out guiding a couple from Illinois.
Birds seen:
-Northern Hawk Owl along Stone Lake Rd and McDavitt Rd.
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Birding today with OBserve bird tours with Bob O'Dear and others.
Sax Zim Bog:
-Hawk Owl along Stone Lake Rd
this morning I went for my annual Christmas morning Sax-Zim bog drive.
Weather was mild, actually above freezing and overcast. Unpaved roads were
very icy.
Even though conditions were conducive for finding hunting owls, none were
seen! The only raptors were 8 adult Bald Eagles and 7 Rough-le
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Saw the following:
-20+ Rough-legged Hawks
-Great Horned Owl "artic race"
-Northern Shrike
-Black-backed Woo
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On Wednesday morning Brad Beisel, Mike Hazard and I relocated one of the
previously reported Northern Hawk Owls on the sout
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I think its great that the people in the area are more accepting to =
birders. I knew last winter the owner
To: "Mike Hendrickson"
Cc: "MOU-Net"
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [mou] Sax Zim happenings
>
> As someone who has been attending the meetings I can say that one of the
> big issues being addressed is the misconception about logging. Some of
> th
As someone who has been attending the meetings I can say that one of the
big issues being addressed is the misconception about logging. Some of
the trees had to be taken down due to exotic insect infestation. The
infested trees were removed to prevent the whole area being from losing
trees.
Anot
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In the Duluth-News Tribune an article appeared on the front page talking =
about local artists and area birde
Several birds of note were seen yesterday and today (21-22 June) while
guiding a VENT group in the Sax-Zim Bog. Hopefully these might be of
interest to other birders, since so little has been reported from there
lately:
Great Gray Owls - one on Stickney Rd (CR 207), 0.1 mi N of Arkola Rd
(CR 5
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I just read Manley Olson=B9s post reg
Nathan & I traveled north to Sax-Zim (covering 169, 200, 2 and 73/29 on the
way up), then south to the McGregor/Rice Lake NWR area on 65, then 27/169
home. Highlights were the two Black-backed Woodpeckers on McDavitt Road, a
probable Golden Eagle on 65, and nine Sharp-tailed Grouse on Aitkin 31 no
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Introduced some Missouri friends to the bog yesterday. The day started slowly
but luckily we were able to locate both northern owl species and the
sightings picked up after 3pm.
If we take time to act in good faith with the well-being of the people
we affect, we will still make mistakes we can learn from. We may have to
pass on opportunities that are in such private areas of personal
property, even for the birds of the lifetime. This is not an easy thing
to do. Thanks for
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While my first day with the Missouri group was rain and ice we decided =
to head back up there today. We saw
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Mark Alt
Mark,
I have a thought, which I think could help all MOU members who visit=20
the Sax-Zim
area, and not impact the local population. P
Many thanks to Mark Alt for his reasoned and wise comments regarding
the Sax-Zim situation. It is most refreshing to see an MOU president
step forward and take a leadership role. Thanks, Mark, and thanks to
Mike Hendrickson as well.
Jim Williams
Wayzata
On Dec 31, 2004, at 11:00 AM, Alt, Ma
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Two days ago I was leading a group from Kentucky in the Sax Zim area. I =
noticed some birders a mile north o
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Those of us coming from SD would be glad to help out, too.
Doug Chapman
Sioux Falls
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> I think we could
> possibly develop some sort of magnet people could put on their mailboxes,
> with binoculars for those who don't mind birders looking in, and binoculars
> with a red circle/slash for those who DO mind.
What a great idea! Perhaps the Public Relations Committee of the MOU would
29, 2004 11:41 PM
To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu; mnb...@lists.mnbird.net; Pam Perry
Subject: [mou] Sax-Zim suggestion
When I bird in Sax-Zim, I follow pretty much the same route every time, =
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don't really know where many of the houses with feeders are. But I do =
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in on four feeders
When I bird in Sax-Zim, I follow pretty much the same route every time, and
don't really know where many of the houses with feeders are. But I do peek
in on four feeders when I'm birding there. Maybe those of us who bird
there should compile a list of the houses with feeders, and start a fund
Went up to Sax-Zim area today and found 33 Great Greys and 12 Northern
Hawk Owls between Sax-Zim and along Forest Rd 11.
Highlights included:
5 Great Greys in a 2/10 mile stretch along Hwy 7 a mile or two south of
the Greenhouse.
1 Northern Hawk-Owl perched low on a 3 foot high sapling right n
Hi everybody,
While at Sax-Zim Bog on Sunday the 5th, Jen Olson, an Assistant Naturalist
at Duluth's Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory and I saw the following birds:
4 Great Gray Owls
10 Hawk Owls
9 Pine Grosbeaks- 5 females & 2 males
3 Rough-Legged Hawks
3 Northern Shrikes
13 Snow Buntings
4 Bald Eagl
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Videographing birds is rewarding in many ways. I am clearly terrible in terms
of the quality of my video not publishable at all, yet it brings unforeseen
benefits, adding to my enjoyment o
Disclaimer: Yes, I am a tech nerd. Sorry, I can't help it. I'm a product
of evolution and the times I live in.
There, that's off my chest. Now, regarding locations of birds in Sax-Zim.
Many folks from outside the Duluth area are doubtless visiting the bog
looking for northern owls. Hopefully,
Hi all,
I hope all who are visiting Sax-Zim for owls this winter are
visiting the local businesses (gas stations, restaurants, anything else you can
find) in Eveleth, Cotton and elsewhere nearby...and I hope you're wearing your
binoculars when you do. For two reasons:
1. The economy in thi
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Al Nelson and I made the trip north to Sax-Zim Bog Saturday in the rain and
snow today, Saturday, November 20, 2004. We saw the following notable species
for this area, all in St Louis Count
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, but I think it's worth
letting people know about. If you are planning on birding the Sax Zim area,
avoid pulling over or lingering in front of the property located on the west
side of the road just south of the intersection of 28 (Lindstrom Rd)
Hi,
I've gotten several emails about the map that I used for our trek to the Sax
Zim Bog on Tuesday. I posted the link to the map that I used on my blog as
well as a list of intersections where owls have been seen based on posts
from Ben Yokel, Mike Hendrickson and what we saw on Tuesday:
http:/
Hi folks, I'm posting the following for one of my co-workers.
Cheers,
Becky Hylton
Hello fellow Minnesota birders,
Spent Sunday cruising around the Sax-Zim area and Duluth with some
success. Here's the run down for the Sax-Zim bog area:
Black-billed Magpies: 1 at Blue-Spruce Road/133 i
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I made 2 morning trips trips to the bog from Duluth over Memorial Day
weekend on 5/29 and 5/31. Thanks to Don Kienholz for the Sax-Zim
information I was able to fi
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If you sent me a email regarding the MOU Sax Zim Trip you need to resend =
me your email. This
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Dear fellow birders and nature observers,
During our New Year's trip to the northshore of Lake Superior and
northern Minne
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