Duluth Birding

My year list is woefully small. A quick trip north for a overnight trip is warranted. Up to the tundra and boglands around Duluth to see what I can scare up. A reasonably successful few days. Came back with two lifers and a little bit more respectable list. Including a number that I may not see again this year.

Notables:

Rough-legged Hawk on the wing, a great winter species.

Black-backed woodpecker. Picking away at stressed Jack Pine.

Spruce Grouse. The male was displaying in the spruce woodlands on Lake County 2. Spring is coming!

Boreal Chickadee. Heard these boys and then tracked them down within a flock of Black-caps. Eventually got my best looks ever. Sweet.

Gray-crowned Rosy Finch. Three lost vagrants on the Fond du Lac Reservation.

Gray Jay, Northern Shrike, Pine Grosbeak, White-winged Crossbill