[mou] One Snowy and a Few Other Good NW Birds

Larson Kelly northernflights@charter.net
Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:20:29 -0600
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On Sunday I got out for a little birding in early celebration of the  
Vernal Equinox. Many more Pussy Mittens poking out, ready for Spring!

Beltrami County
Mississippi River Inlet, Lake Bemidji
The 9 over wintering Canada Geese have multiplied to 87!
The same 6 pairs of Mallard, 1 pair Common Goldeneye, and 1 Common  
Merganser

Down river from the Mississippi River Outlet on Lake Bemidji
8 Canada Geese
20 Common Goldeneye
1 Piedbilled Grebe

Later in the afternoon while scoping out my route for the Breeding  
Owl Survey
2 Black-billed Magpie, Clearwater
1 American Kestrel, Clearwater, hunting from a wire
2 Bald Eagle, Polk, cty 27 North of Gully sitting on hay bales
2 Northern Harrier, Polk, cty 27 North of Gully, a male and female  
hunting sedge and marsh
4 Bald Eagle, Pennington, cty 27 North of Gully, roosting in trees  
near a fresh road kill deer

Flocks of Horned Lark were common, most with 8-24 birds, one flock of  
over 50.

Snowy Owl in Pennington county, 1.5 miles east of cty 27 (300th Ave)  
on cty 125th Street. This was at 8:30 pm at the end of my owl survey  
route.

In Non Birding News...
Saturday marked the birthday of a big, beautiful Cecropia moth, two  
days shy of the official start of Spring. I picked up the  cocoon  
last Fall while I was Grouse hunting in the Paul Bunyan State Forest.  
It had been sitting behind the counter at the shop, then a week ago I  
started hearing it! Wriggling! We had a busy day at the bird store so  
many people had the opportunity to witness the event and learn about  
silkworm moths!

Kelly Larson
Bemidji Minnesota

Northern Flights Wild Bird Store
Just 96 miles from the Canadian border!
Or visit us on the Web at... www.northern-flights.com

Eschew Obfuscation!
The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere!





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