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Superior Birding Festival

5/25/2015

This past weekend was the Superior Birding Festival. I was co-leading a tour to the Peshekee Grade. The Peshekee Grade has some excellent boreal habitat for Boreal Chickadees, Gray Jays and Black Backed Woodpeckers.

Peshekee River

We were treated to lots of Cape May Warblers, a very Cooperative Black Throated Blue warbler, 4 Boreal Chickadees and a Moose! We had 53 species for the day

Black Throated Blue Warbler

Boreal Chickadee

Boreal Chickadees

Moose

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May 8th

5/10/2015

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Friday, May 8th my dad gave me the day off from school to bird. It was a really good day to be out birding Marquette. Highlights were- Warblers, Great Horned Owl's on nest, American White pelicans, Black Scoters and an Evening Grosbeak.
Here's a list of the birds from the day.

Yellow Rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Northern Parula
Northern Waterthrush
Black Throated Green Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Least Flycather
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Headed Vireo
American Robin
Common Grackle
Red Winged Blackbird
Swamp Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White Crowned Sparrow
White throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Evening Grosbeak- Moosewood Nature Center feeders
Rose Breasted Grosbeak
Black Capped Chickadee
Peregrine Falcon
Merlin
Sharp Shinned Hawk
Northern Flicker
Hairy Woodpecker
Mourning Dove
Herring Gull
Ring Billed Gull
Common Loon
Common Merganser
Red Breasted Merganser
Mallard
Canada Geese
Killdeer
Double Crested Cormorant
Tree swallow
Barn Swallow
Gray Catbird
Rough Legged hawk
Chimney Swift
Clay Colored Sparrow
American White Pelican
Black Scoter
Great Horned Owl