[mou] Hawk Trapping & Duluth Area Sightings

[Sharon Stiteler]

Went hawk trapping at a private banding station this weekend and spent an
hour at Hawk Ridge.  I couldn't have picked a better hour to be at the ridge
because Frank Nicolletti and Dave Carman spotted a gyrfalcon flying near the
lake.

At the banding station we got in a peregrine falcon with an odd bill that
looked like an old injury that had healed over.  I posted a photo of the
bird at www.birdchick.com/blog/html.

Birds seen (some closer than others)

Sandhill cranes
Sharp-shinned hawks
Goshawks
Red-tailed hawks
Bald eagles
Turkey vultures
Harriers
Merlins
Kestrels
Robins
Eastern bluebirds
American pipits
Lapland longspurs
Juncos
White-throated sparrows
Fox sparrow
Yellow-rumped warbler
Redstarts
Nashville warblers
Flickers

Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com