We've participated on a few of those Northern Minnesota counts. They
are quite the experience. In our section, we worked really really hard
to add European Starling and House Sparrow to our list. If I recall
correctly they were about species number 12 and 13 for the day. Bet
there aren't too many birders who had to work hard to find a starling!!
Cheers
Dave Lauten
On 10/16/2015 4:44 AM, Paul Sullivan wrote:
Each year I see the results of all the Minnesota CBC’s. The highest count reaches ~60 species – not something an Oregon birder would consider great.
I remember one count that got something like 12 species – total. But they included Hawk Owl, Great Gray Owl, Common Redpoll, Hoary Redpoll, Pine Grosbeak, Bohemian Waxwing, Snow Bunting, … and Raven. Sounds like fun. ;-)
Paul Sullivan
