[mou] Sax-Zim Bog sightings

[Kim R Eckert]

Several birds of note were seen yesterday and today (21-22 June) while 
guiding a VENT group in the Sax-Zim Bog. Hopefully these might be of 
interest to other birders, since so little has been reported from there 
lately:

Great Gray Owls - one on Stickney Rd (CR 207), 0.1 mi N of Arkola Rd 
(CR 52); another on McDavitt Rd (CR 213), 2.5 mi N of Sax Rd (CR 28)

2 Long-eared Owls hunting mid-morning in broad daylight (!) - Owl Ave 
(CR 202), 0.1 mi S of Overton Rd (CR 980)

Black-backed Woodpecker nest - McDavitt Rd, 2.4 mi N of Sax Rd (~100 
yards W of road, across a water-filled ditch)

Black-billed Cuckoo - jct of Stickney & Arkola Rds

Boreal Chickadee - McDavitt Rd, 2.7 mi N of Sax Rd

Connecticut Warblers - at Long-eared Owl and Black-backed locations

Also seen in Duluth: Horned Grebe at Brighton Beach; Peregrine Falcon 
perched on Greysolon Plaza Bldg at 3rd Ave E & Superior St.

- Kim Eckert