Sax-Zim Bog 2016 and Duluth Harbor

This winter’s trip failed to reveal any owls, unlike the past two winter trips where there were multiple sightings of Snowy, Great Grey and Hawk owls. But there was still a lot of sublime sightings amid the mostly overcast and snow-flurried skies. The last photograph is from Canal Park in Duluth’s harbor where a first-year Ivory Gull, a bird more at home on the arctic pack ice, has been drawing quite a bit of attention. NOTE: You can enlarge any image on the blog simply by clicking on the image.

Gray Jay

Pine Grosbeak (male)

Snowshoe Hare

Pine Grosbeak (female)

Porcupine

Black-capped Chickadees

Evening Grosbeak

Common Redpoll

Gray Jay

Ivory Gull

 

2015 trip to Sax-Zim Bog

The most recent trip to Sax-Zim Bog in north central Minnesota provided two occasions to see the Great Grey Owl which had eluded us on the previous trips of the last two winters.  The other images are of birds we see infrequently around here save for the Black-capped Chickadee.  The birds in order of appearance are the Great Grey Owl, Pine Sisken, Black-capped Chickadee, Grey Jay, Purple Finches, and Common Redpoll.