CBC Bonus Field Trip -- Northern Minnesota in Winter
Winter Weekend February 17 - 21, 2005
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The 22 members of the CBC who just completed the trip to Northern Minnesota had a grand and highly productive time. The trip was a smash success. We had a virtual clean sweep of the targeted species and a total of 48. Everybody had a lifer including Simon. One of the most satisfying aspects of the trip was that every single target species was seen very well.
Specially focused on targets seen include:
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Harlequin Duck Common Goldeneye Sharp-tailed Grouse Rough-legged Hawk Gyrfalcon (only seen by the half of the group that was flying through Minneapolis) Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Great Gray Owl Boreal Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl American Three-toed Woodpecker |
Black-backed Woodpecker Northern Shrike Gray Jay Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee Bohemian Waxwing American Tree Sparrow Pine Grosbeak Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll Evening Grosbeak |
Stephen Harris
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Total trip species list is:
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Canada Goose Mallard Harlequin Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Ring-necked Pheasant Sharp-tailed Grouse Wild Turkey Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Gyrfalcon Herring Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove |
Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Great Gray Owl Boreal Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker American Three-toed Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Northern Shrike Gray Jay Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven Horned Lark Black-capped Chickadee |
Boreal Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper European Starling Bohemian Waxwing American Tree Sparrow Slate-colored Junco Northern Cardinal Pine Grosbeak Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow |
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John Ennis |
Thanks to everybody on the trip for making this such a successful outing including co-leader Simon Thompson and local Minnesota guide Mike Hendrickson.
Stephen Harris
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