[wisb] Recent Crex Meadows photos and Prairie Merlin photos from Hawk Ridge!
- From: Erik Bruhnke <birdfedr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:21:36 -0500
Last week was absolutely incredible here at Hawk Ridge. The worldwide Raptor
Research Foundation (RRF) Conference was held in Duluth last week, and I got
to meet so many raptor experts and biologists from around the world! It is
always a pleasure meeting other people in the same field. Earlier in the
week, I led a trip to Sax-Zim Bog for the conference. We had a great time!
This past Sunday, I led my first trip to Crex Meadows in Grantsburg
(northwestern WI). Crex Meadows is known for its Sandhill Crane flights; and
we were not dissapointed in any way. The weather was gorgeous, the birds
were phenomenal, and I got to meet some wonderful people (two of the birders
were from Norway, one from Germany, one from Canada and one from the U.S.).
Below are my photos from this past week.
My overall gallery from this past Sunday at Crex Meadows
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/crex_meadows_birding_trip
Within the gallery are about two dozen pictures. The photos below are my
personal favorites within this gallery!
Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138774008
Family of Canada Geese
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138774001
Trumpeter Swans
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138774025
White-breasted Nuthatch
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138774028
Sandhill Cranes
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138774011
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138774019
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138774020
Birding group from around the world
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138774033
*Crex Meadows bird list from this past Sunday*
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk (dark)
Sandhill Crane
American Golden Plover
Killdeer
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Phoebe
Vesper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Earlier in the week, Frank Nicoletti had banded a gorgeous Prairie Merlin at
Hawk Ridge. That bird is so pale and stunning :-) We've been getting great
flights of Sharp-shinned Hawks recently, as well as most other raptor
species (other than Broad-winged Hawks). It won't be long before Red-tailed
Hawks, Bald & Golden Eagles, Northern Goshawk and Arctic Fluffballs
(Rough-legged Hawks) become the most commonly-observed raptors on a day to
day basis!
Prairie Merlin from Hawk Ridge (last week)
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138655466
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138655467
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138655468
http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/138655469
Good birding,
Erik Bruhnke
Duluth, MN
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