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Separate Winter 2012 gallery: A day with Birdchick & Friends in Sax-Zim Bog

My good friend Sharon Stiteler and a group of birding buddies came up from the Twin Cities for the day, to visit the bog. We started the day off with literally hundreds upon hundreds of Common Redpolls, found a Black-backed Woodpecker deep in the bog, had a full-spectrum of boreal-bird sightings throughout the day, and ended the day with a Great Gray Owl. It was a spectacular day.
This gallery shares some of the fun moments from that trip. Enjoy!

Sharon has a fun & exciting blog about birds, the life of birds, and much more. Here is a little excerpt on her blog from that day of birdwatching in Sax-Zim.
http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2012/01/boreal-birding-digiscoping-with-an-iphone/
Can you find the orange capped Common Redpoll?
Can you find the orange capped Common Redpoll?		 Orange-capped Common Redpoll (from previous picture)
Orange-capped Common Redpoll (from previous picture)		 Common Redpolls, dancing around
Common Redpolls, dancing around		 Common Redpolls. Note the breast coloration on the right male redpoll
Common Redpolls. Note the breast coloration on the right male redpoll		 Common Redpolls
Common Redpolls		 Common Redpoll
Common Redpoll
Male Pine Grosbeak (front left), Evening Grosbeaks (middle male & back-left female), Common Redpoll (right)
Male Pine Grosbeak (front left), Evening Grosbeaks (middle male & back-left female), Common Redpoll (right)		 Evening Grosbeaks
Evening Grosbeaks		 Black-backed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker		 Sharon and Kirk, soaking up a gorgeous Black-backed Woodpecker
Sharon and Kirk, soaking up a gorgeous Black-backed Woodpecker		 Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk		 Boreal Chickadee, clinging to some cattails
Boreal Chickadee, clinging to some cattails
Black-capped Chickadee (left) and Boreal Chickadee (right)
Black-capped Chickadee (left) and Boreal Chickadee (right)		 Black-billed Magpie
Black-billed Magpie		 Ruffed Grouse
Ruffed Grouse		 Great Gray Owl
Great Gray Owl		 Birders... Jazz Hands... It was a fun day!
Birders... Jazz Hands... It was a fun day!

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