• Most of our summer birds have departed the Northland
• Winter birds from up north have not yet arrived
• Eternal thick fog seems to have coated the area

In short, the birding opportunities have been few and far between over the past week. Perhaps the only excitement was fixing the bear damage at the new public bird feeders at French River.

Winter birding is just around the corner. Two prime locations near Duluth are Sax-Zim Bog just north of town, and Superior (just across the bridge from Duluth). I recently created two short birding guides for a friend’s business. Folks may enjoy downloading the free PDF’s.

• Finding Snowy Owls in Superior, Wisconsin
• Birding Sax-Zim Bog (a quick overview)

The sun did briefly make an appearance yesterday morning, and I caught this Pileated Woodpecker in flight.