Recently, two feeding stations were placed along the Alder Road in a consistant Boreal Chickadee area (I found 6 here one day). So, if you are in Itasca County and want a shot a Boreal Chickadee, feel free to visit these. I'll try to maintain them for a month or so with fresh suet.
Each station is simply a large (several pound) hunk of beef suet hung discreetly in a tree in boggy areas just north and just south of Middle Creek on Alder Road near Marcell. The food is not obvious if you're not looking for it (to prevent disturbance), so you should just go to about 2.7 and 3.2 miles north of where Alder Road intersects CR 48. The UTM coordinates for each stop are 445440mE, 5264173mN and 445100mE, 5263437mN. I haven't birded the stations just yet, but 4 Gray Jays came in during the placement and began attacking the suet south of Middle Creek. These bogs are loaded with White-winged Crossbills as well and I have a credible report of Spruce Grouse in a connected bog, though I have yet to see one there myself. Thanks in advance for not disturbing the suet or the surrounding trees if you bird here. Good luck! Shawn Conrad http://users.2z.net/itasca_chippewa_birding/ _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
