Sax-Zim CBC Friday Dec. 20 (Low minus -14, High 4 above), 15 inches snow on ground
Sparky Stensaas, Dave, Pam & Lars Benson, Kim Eckert, Tony Hertzel, Jim & Linda Burns. 7:00am to 1pm 30 species (Above our 28-yr avg. of 27.9 sp.) 549 individuals (well below our 28-yr avg. of 919 ind.) Highlights: 1 GGOW (Great Gray Owl)—cooperative bird on McDavitt Rd 2 NHOW (Northern Hawk Owl)—one on McDavitt near abandoned house N of bog section, one on Owl Ave near first bend S of Arkola/CR52 2 STGR (Sharp-tailed Grouse)—one on Stickney 1/2 mi N of Arkola/CR52 1 BAOW (Barred Owl)—hunting in day 1 BBWO (Black-backed Woodpecker)—on McDavitt S logging Rd, W side 10 BOCH (Boreal Chickadee)—2 on Nichols Lk Rd a couple miles W of US53, 3 at Admiral Rd feeders, 5 on McDavitt 6 EVGR (Evening Grosbeak)—all at a feeder on Nichols Lk Rd fire#8803? When coming from the east, it is the first house on the left after skirting the lake. 30 WWCR (White-winged Crossbill)—somewhere on Poplar Rd 1 RECR (Red Crossbill)—with the WWCR 0 ROPI (Rock Pigeon)—yes! Lowlights: Missing CORE (Common Redpoll)—only 4th time in 28 years 2 PIGR (Pine Grosbeak)—Never missed before in 27 years...but we came close this year! Missing RLHA (Rough-legged Hawk)—all must have "flown the coop" after the deep snows arrived. Missing SNBU (Snow Bunting)—seen only a few days before. Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell [email protected] www.ThePhotoNaturalist.com www.SaxZim.org www.KollathStensaas.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
