The MN Birding Weekends (MBW) group turned up several birds of note there this
weekend, June 16-17-18, including Green Heron, Red-shouldered Hawk, two Am
3-toed Woodpeckers, Dickcissel (also in Itasca Co), and Red Crossbill:
Green Heron - SE side of Tuefer Lake, 3 mi E of Northome
Red-shouldere
Ben Fritchman, John Hockema, and I did a Big Day in Koochiching County
yesterday. Shorebirds and migrant passerines were largely absent, nocturnal
birds were especially quiet, and conditions were wet and windy, but despite
that we found a respectable 122 species thanks mostly to finding lots of
br
I spent some time in Koochiching County near Big Falls this morning and had
a few fun sightings despite the rain. I apologize for the vague
locations...I was enjoying myself and not paying that much attention:
- Spruce Grouse on Pine Island Forest Road
- Boreal Chickadee in the spruce bog near mi
Woke up this AM to first ever pair of American widgeons in yard w/ usual
wood ducks and a pair of deer.
Also had:
C. goldeneyes
Mallard, red breasted mergansers, FOY cowbirds, B.T. Grackles,
red wing blackbirds, pelicans, mourning doves, evening grosbeaks,
eagle, red and white nuthatches, pine s
Milt Blomberg forgot to mention that the information we got for birding most
of Koochiching and Itasca Counties came from Shawn Conrad. If you need a
good guide or info for this great birding country contact him in the Grand
Rapids area. He has a web page for his guiding so type in Koochiching
Bird
Spent some time in Koochiching near Northome working on one of my houses and
decided to take my 10 year old daughter birding in the afternoon. This is
her list She compiled for the day.
1 Red Tailed Hawk
1 Rough Legged Hawk
5 Pine Grosbeaks
100s of Redpolls ( 1 Hoary)
45 Snow Bunting
60 Ravines
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