Monday Dec 21, 2009 Sax-Zim CBC The ten participants in the 24th Consecutive Sax-Zim CBC turned up a near-record 33 species. Mild conditions with a low of 20 degrees and a high of 24 degrees. Snow fell most of the day. Highlights: BOREAL OWL--Found by Tony Hertzel at dawn. On Owl Avenue (CR 202/203 N. of Meadowlands) at point where Owl Avenue angles to the Northeast. It was seen perched briefly then flew S-SE as if making an attack. Further searching did not turn up the bird later in the day. This is the 7TH OWL SPECIES recorded by the Sax-Zim CBC. N. HAWK-OWL--Along CR133 1.5 miles East of CR7 (south side) AMERICAN ROBIN--First for this count Bald Eagle--21 (RECORD #) Rough-legged Hawk--1 Ruffed Grouse--19 Sharp-tailed Grouse--3 Rock Pigeon--11 Boreal Owl--1 N. Hawk-Owl--1 Downy Woodpecker--4 Hairy Woodpecker--12 Pileated Woodpecker--4 Black-backed Woodpecker--4 (Lk Nichols Rd bog 1.4 mi W of 53) Gray Jay--7 Blue Jay--42 Black-billed Magpie--2 American Crow--178 (RECORD #) Common Raven--301 (RECORD #) Black-capped Chickadee--307 Boreal Chickadee--9 (Boreal Owl spot, Admiral Rd deer carcass, Lk Nichols Rd) Red-breasted Nuthatch--94 White-breasted Nuthatch--7 Golden-crowned Kinglet--1 Northern Shrike--5 European Starling--52 American Robin--1 Snow Bunting--8 Pine Grosbeak--75 Evening Grosbeak--2 White-winged Crossbill--186 Common Redpoll--311 Pine Siskin--50 Purple Finch--53 American Goldfinch--104 (RECORD #) House Sparrow--29 Participants: Dave Benson, Lars Benson, Fud Evans, Anthony Hertzel, John Hyde, Sandy Rogenkamp, Sparky Stensaas, Alex Watson, Larry Weber, Joshua Yokel. Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell [log in to unmask] www.sparkyphotos.com www.stoneridgepress.com www.kollathstensaas.com _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html