[wisb] Re: Report from northern WI/Duluth-Boreal Owl photos
- From: Karen Ecklund <ecklund.karen@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2013 23:46:26 -0600
Hello Birders:
I'm fairly new to this list and am wondering if any of you know about similar
trips to the one described by Chris West to the Duluth area in the near future.
I have a friend who has an ailing mother in Superior and I would like to
support her by helping her drive up to see her. While she's visiting her
mother I would meet up with other birders and go birding! I'm quite new to
winter birding and have been following all the wonderful accounts of sitings
that are quite different from what I'm used to seeing during my usual spring
birding forays.
Karen Ecklund
Madison WI
On Feb 3, 2013, at 11:14 PM, Chris West wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> On Sat (yesterday) I joined the Coulee Audubon trip to northern WI. It was a
> beautiful day to be out and about, but more about quality than quantity. We
> saw most of the winter regulars, including Pine Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls,
> White-winged Crossbills, etc. We also found a couple of Gray Jays and, just
> south of the Ashland County line in Sawyer County, we found a gorgeous
> sub-adult Golden Eagle.
> The best bird of the day was later though. We ran over to Poplar and quickly
> found the Northern Hawk-owl, whereupon we then headed into Minnesota,
> following reports from earlier that day of a Boreal Owl. We ended up finding
> not one, not two, but THREE Boreal Owls in all. Much thanks to the help of
> locals and other birders who had the first two birds pinned down. Jim Lind,
> the Boreal Owl-finding guru from Two Harbors was extremely helpful in our
> decision of which bird to look for first.
> In all, from what I've been able to gather, over a dozen individual Boreal
> Owls were seen along the north shore of Lake Superior on Sat between Duluth
> and Two Harbors. That is insane! If you haven't yet been up to Duluth to see
> a Boreal Owl, I would recommend going ASAP. This is your chance right now!
> They are easy to see during the day. Chris Wood and his WINGS group had no
> less than SEVEN in a single day. They also found an adult Black-legged
> Kittiwake in Two Harbors, in case Boreal Owl isn't enough of an incentive. ;)
> lol
>
> Oh, and just in case you need even more encouragement, here are my photos:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto/8443757934/in/photostream
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto/8443758216/in/photostream
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto/8442666727/in/photostream
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto/8443758404/in/photostream
>
>
>
> So come on up! This is the month to see one!
>
> Can you tell I'm happy? :D
>
>
>
>
> Happy Birding! --Chris W, Richland County Bird Guide Swallowtail Birding
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>
> "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first
> material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire
> the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things
> breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a
> one can be again."
>
> (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906)
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