[mou] north shore weekend birds

[tana]

I took a break from homework and visited the north shore this weekend with my parents.  We saw around sixty species, with the following being our better finds -

10/21
RED-NECKED GREBE - Five Mile Rock
CACKLING GOOSE - Two Harbors Golf Course
SNOW GOOSE - Two Harbors Golf Course (a few blue morphs present)
ROSS'S GOOSE - 2 at Two Harbors Golf Course
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER - Two Harbors - Lighthouse Point
GRAY JAY - a few along Highway 61, including one feeding on a roadkilled deer
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD - refound the individual at Bayfront Park - right along the canal - it was on the cement objects there (don't know exactly what they're called)
AMERICAN PIPIT - many spots
LAPLAND LONGSPUR - many spots
SNOW BUNTING - many spots

10/22
SNOW GOOSE - Park Point
SURF SCOTER - Park Point
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER - Park Point
AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER - 1 male at Brighton Beach - near the outhouse

The crows were migrating in very large numbers.  Also saw numerous juvenile bald eagles and found a dead lake sturgeon at Park Point.

Good birding to everyone!

Keith Pulles, Wright County